N4: 101-170

始まる

始まる はじまる to begin; to start; to commence; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)

終了

終了 しゅうりょう end; close; termination

始終

始終 しじゅう continuously; from beginning to end; from first to last

終わる

終わる おわる to finish; to end; to close

病院

病院 びょういん hospital

放送

放送 ほうそう broadcast; broadcasting

送る

送る おくる to send (a thing); to dispatch; to despatch; to transmit; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury;

映える

映える はえる to shine; to look attractive; to look pretty

映る

映る うつる to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)

夕映え

夕映え ゆうばえ sunset glow

売買

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

買う

買う かう to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke

病

病 やまい illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault

病気

病気 びょうき illness; disease; sickness

疾病

疾病 しっぺい illness; disease

病む

病む やむ to fall ill; to be ill

早苗

早苗 さなえ rice seedlings

早朝

早朝 そうちょう early morning

早速

早速 さっそく at once; immediately; without delay; promptly

早い

早い はやい fast; quick; hasty; brisk; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet; (too) early; easy; simple; quick

素早い

素早い すばやい fast; quick; prompt; nimble; agile; quick (to understand); sharp (judgement)

言質

言質 げんち commitment; pledge; promise

質問

質問 しつもん question; inquiry; enquiry

人質

人質 ひとじち hostage

質屋

質屋 しちや pawnshop

台所

台所 だいどころ kitchen; financial situation

台詞

台詞 せりふ speech; words; one's lines; remarks

室町

室町 むろまち Muromachi (era 1392-1573, or 1333-1573, or 1336-1573)

可能

可能 かのう potential; possible; practicable; feasible

建設

建設 けんせつ construction; establishment

建つ

建つ たつ to be erected; to be built

転がる

転がる ころがる to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be common;

運転

運転 うんてん operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; running; run; driving; working (capital, etc.)

止める

止める とどめる to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to cease; to put an end to; to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to limit;

中止

中止 ちゅうし suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption

止まる

止まる とまる to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to cease; to be stopped; to be suspended; to alight; to perch on

止む

止む やむ to cease; to stop; to be over

歯止め

歯止め はどめ brake; skid; pawl; restraint; curtailment; self-imposed limit; check

字

字 あざ section of village

漢字

漢字 かんじ Chinese characters; kanji

大工

大工 だいく carpenter

急

急 きゅう urgent; sudden; abrupt; sharp; steep; precipitous; rapid; swift; fast; emergency; crisis; hurrying; haste; (in gagaku or noh) end of a song

急ぐ

急ぐ いそぐ to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner

図書館

図書館 としょかん library

図る

図る はかる to plot; to attempt; to plan; to devise; to design; to take in; to deceive; to aim for; to have something in mind; to refer A to B

黒海

黒海 こっかい Black Sea

黒板

黒板 こくばん blackboard

黒

黒 くろ black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person

花

花 はな flower; blossom; bloom; petal; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms);

桜花

桜花 おうか cherry blossom

生け花

生け花 いけばな flower arrangement; fresh flowers

走行

走行 そうこう running a wheeled vehicle (e.g. car); running to program, job, etc.; traveling; travelling

走る

走る はしる to run; to travel (movement of vehicles); to drive; to hurry to; to retreat (from battle); to take flight; to run away from home; to elope;

青

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

青年

青年 せいねん youth; young man

真っ青

真っ青 まっさお deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet

問答

問答 もんどう questions and answers; dialogue

回答

回答 かいとう reply; answer

答える

答える こたえる to answer; to reply

紙

紙 かみ paper

表紙

表紙 ひょうし front cover; binding; (book) cover; appearing on the cover of a magazine

手紙

手紙 てがみ letter

歌手

歌手 かしゅ singer

歌

歌 うた song; classical Japanese poetry (esp. tanka); modern poetry

注ぐ

注ぐ そそぐ to pour (into); to fill; to sprinkle on from above; to shed (e.g. tears); to concentrate one's spirit (strength, attention) on; to fall onto (of rain, snow)

注意

注意 ちゅうい caution; being careful; attention (heed); warning; advice

注ぐ

注ぐ つぐ (usu. written as kana when referring to a solid) to pour (into a vessel); to fill; to dish out food or drink

赤銅

赤銅 しゃくどう hakudo (gold-copper alloy, usu. with a blue patina)

赤い

赤い あかい red; Red (i.e. communist)

赤道

赤道 せきどう equator

春

春 はる spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of one's life, etc.); adolescence; puberty; sexuality

青春

青春 せいしゅん youth; springtime of life; adolescent

旅館

旅館 りょかん ryokan; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run

館

館 やかた mansion; small castle; nobleman; noblewoman; boat cabin

旅

旅 たび travel; trip; journey

試験

試験 しけん examination; test; study; trial; experiment

写す

写す うつす to transcribe; to duplicate; to reproduce; to imitate; to trace; to describe; to film; to picture; to photograph

過去

過去 かこ the past; bygone days; the previous; a past (i.e. a personal history one would prefer remained secret); one's past;

去年

去年 きょねん last year

去る

去る さる to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off; to divorce; ... completely; last ... (e.g. "last April")

研究

研究 けんきゅう study; research; investigation

研ぐ

研ぐ とぐ to sharpen; to hone; to whet; to grind; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish; to burnish

飲む

飲む のむ to drink; to gulp; to swallow; to take (medicine); to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress;

飲食

飲食 いんしょく food and drink; eating and drinking

肉

肉 にく flesh; meat; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); thickness; ink pad

軍服

軍服 ぐんぷく military or naval uniform

洋服

洋服 ようふく Western-style clothes (cf traditional Japanese clothes)

銀行

銀行 ぎんこう bank

喫茶店

喫茶店 きっさてん coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe

茶

茶 ちゃ tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; mockery

究める

究める きわめる to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master

兄

兄 あに elder brother; older brother

義兄

義兄 ぎけい brother-in-law

兄弟

兄弟 きょうだい siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; sisters-in-law; mate; friend

兄さん

兄さん にいさん older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship);

春秋

春秋 しゅんじゅう spring and autumn; spring and fall; months and years; the Chronicles of Lu or the Spring and Autumn Annals - one of the Five Classics

千秋

千秋 せんしゅう thousand years; many years

秋

秋 あき autumn; fall

食堂

食堂 しょくどう dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; messroom; restaurant; eatery; snack bar; diner

毎週

毎週 まいしゅう every week

練習

練習 れんしゅう practice; practising

習う

習う ならう to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in

試す

試す ためす to attempt; to test; to try out

試み

試み こころみ attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture; initiative

夏休み

夏休み なつやすみ summer vacation; summer holiday

夏季

夏季 かき summer season

夏至

夏至 げし summer solstice

従兄弟

従兄弟 いとこ cousin (male)

子弟

子弟 してい young(er) people; children

弟子

弟子 でし pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person; teacher's student-helper

弟

弟 おとうと younger brother; little brother; kid brother; pupil; apprentice

白鳥

白鳥 はくちょう swan (Cygnus spp.); white-feathered bird

鳥

鳥 とり bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry

愛犬

愛犬 あいけん pet dog; beloved dog

犬

犬 いぬ dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); snoop (i.e. a detective, a spy, etc.); loser; asshole; counterfeit; inferior; useless; wasteful

魚

魚 さかな fish

金魚

金魚 きんぎょ goldfish

魚市場

魚市場 うおいちば fish market

借金

借金 しゃっきん debt; loan; liabilities

借用

借用 しゃくよう borrowing; loan

借りる

借りる かりる to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire

飯

飯 めし cooked rice; meal; food; one's livelihood

夕飯

夕飯 ゆうはん evening meal

駅

駅 えき station

昼食

昼食 ちゅうしょく lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)

昼

昼 ひる noon; midday; daytime; lunch

冬季

冬季 とうき (season of) winter

冬

冬 ふゆ winter

姉

姉 あね older sister; elder sister

姉妹

姉妹 しまい sisters

姉さん

姉さん ねえさん elder sister; (vocative) young lady; miss (referring to a waitress, etc.); ma'am (used by geisha to refer to their superiors)

牛

牛 うし cattle (Bos taurus); cow; bull; ox; calf; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

牛乳

牛乳 ぎゅうにゅう (cow's) milk

妹

妹 いもうと younger sister

貸家

貸家 かしや house for rent

貸与

貸与 たいよ loan; lending

貸す

貸す かす to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out