| A | B |
| 悪舌 | あくぜつ----evil tongue; gossip |
| 易い | やすい----(suf) easy |
| 易学 | えきがく----study of divination |
| 易者 | えきしゃ----fortuneteller; diviner |
| 易動度 | いどうど----mobility |
| 因 | いん----cause; factor |
| 因る | よる----to come from |
| 因由 | いんゆ----cause |
| 往き来 | ゆきき----(vs) street traffic; highway; coming and going |
| 往なす | いなす----to let go; to chase away |
| 往日 | おうじつ----ancient times |
| 往年 | おうねん----(a-no) former; one-time; years ago |
| 応える | こたえる----to respond; to answer; to strike home; to take its toll; to reward |
| 応用 | おうよう----(vs) application; put to practical use |
| 応用問題 | おうようもんだい----application problem; exercises |
| 仮議長 | かりぎちょう----acting chairman; acting president |
| 仮決 | かけつ----conditional approval |
| 仮名 | かな----(uk) Japanese syllabary (alphabets); kana |
| 仮名本 | かなほん----publication in kana alone |
| 価 | あたい----(a-no) (vs) value; price; cost; worth; merit |
| 価格 | かかく----price; value; cost |
| 価千金 | あたいせんきん----(a-no) priceless; invaluable |
| 河原 | かわはら----dry river bed; river beach |
| 河水 | かすい----river water; stream |
| 河川 | かせん----rivers |
| 河内 | ハノイ----Hanoi |
| 快い | こころよい----pleasant; agreeable |
| 快活 | かいかつ----(an) cheerfulness; liveliness; lighthearted |
| 快事 | かいじ----pleasure; delight |
| 感応 | かんのう----inspiration; divine response; sympathy; induction |
| 技 | わざ----art; technique |
| 技法 | ぎほう----technique |
| 逆さ | さかさ----reverse; inversion; upside down |
| 逆らう | さからう----to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy |
| 逆上 | ぎゃくじょう----(vs) frenzy; distraction |
| 逆様 | さかさま----(a-no) (an) inversion; upside down |
| 逆鱗 | げきりん----imperial wrath |
| 居る | いる----(uk) to be (animate); to be; to exist |
| 居合道 | いあどう----the art of drawing the Japanese longsword |
| 居住地 | きょじゅうち----residence; address |
| 居場所 | いばしょ----whereabouts |
| 均す | ならす----to make even; to make smooth; to make level |
| 均一 | きんいつ----(an) uniformity; equality |
| 件 | くだん----(a-no) example; precedent; the usual; the said; the above-mentioned; (man) in question |
| 件数 | けんすう----number (of things) |
| 件名 | けんめい----term; subject; title |
| 券 | けん----ticket; coupon; bond; certificate |
| 券面 | けんめん----the face of a bond; draft or certificate |
| 限り | かぎり----limit(s); as far as possible; as much as possible; to the best of one's ability |
| 限る | かぎる----(I) to restrict; to limit; to confine |
| 限度 | げんど----limit; bounds |
| 故 | ゆえ----reason; cause; circumstances |
| 故に | ゆえに----therefore; consequently |
| 故事 | こじ----origin; historical fact; tradition |
| 効く | きく----to be effective |
| 効果的 | こうかてき----effective; successful |
| 効目 | ききめ----effect; virtue; efficacy; impression |
| 効力 | こうりょく----effect; efficacy; validity |
| 厚い | あつい----cordial; kind; warm(hearted); thick; deep |
| 厚意 | こうい----kindness; favor |
| 査定 | さてい----assessment; investigation; audit; revision |
| 査問 | さもん----inquiry; hearing |
| 座技 | すわりわざ----(MA) Aikido seated defence |
| 再び | ふたたび----again; once more |
| 再出発 | さいしゅっぱつ----restart; fresh start |
| 再入国 | さいにゅうこく----re-entry into a country |
| 再来年 | さらいねん----year after next |
| 妻 | つま----(hum) wife |
| 妻子 | さいし----wife and children |
| 災い | わざわい----calamity; catastrophe |
| 災害 | さいがい----calamity; disaster; misfortune |
| 在り方 | ありかた----the way something ought to be |
| 在る | ある----to live; to be (animate) |
| 在日 | ざいにち----in Japan |
| 志す | こころざす----to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on) |
| 志学 | しがく----age 15 |
| 志向 | しこう----intention; aim |
| 枝 | えだ----branch; bow; twig; limb |
| 枝道 | えだみち----branch road; digression |
| 枝葉 | しよう----leaves & branches; side issues; foliage |
| 似せる | にせる----to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge |
| 似た者 | にたもの----similar people |
| 似る | にる----to resemble; to be similar |
| 似非者 | えせもの----sham; fraud; counterfeit; impostor; pretender |
| 示す | しめす----to denote; to show; to point out; to indicate |
| 示威 | じい----(vs) demonstration; show of force |
| 示達 | じたつ----(vs) instructions; directions |
| 実技 | じつぎ----practical skill |
| 実状 | じつじょう----real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs |
| 舎 | せき----inn; hut; house; mansion |
| 舎兄 | しゃけい----my elder brother |
| 舎利 | しゃり----bones of Buddha or a saint |
| 重犯 | じゅうぼん----felony; felon; old offender |
| 述べる | のべる----to state; to express; to mention |
| 述作 | じゅっさく----(vs) writing a book; literary work |
| 順応 | じゅんのう----(vs) adaptation; sympathy |
| 序でに | ついでに----(uk) incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion |
| 序に | ついでに----(uk) incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion |
| 序文 | じょぶん----preface; foreword |
| 承る | うけたまわる----(hum) to hear; to be told; to know |
| 承前 | しょうぜん----continued (from) |
| 承知 | しょうち----(vs) consent; acceptance; assent; admitting; acknowledgment; compliance; agreement; awareness |
| 招く | まねく----to invite |
| 招来 | しょうらい----(vs) invitation; bringing about; giving rise to; causing |
| 条目 | じょうもく----article; clause; stipulation |
| 状 | じょう----(suf) shape |
| 制する | せいする----to control; to command; to get the better of |
| 制約 | せいやく----(vs) limitation; restriction; condition |
| 性 | さが----one's nature; custom; property; characteristic |
| 性行 | せいこう----character & conduct |
| 性分 | しょうぶん----nature; disposition |
| 政 | まつりごと----rule; government |
| 政見 | せいけん----political views |
| 政治 | せいじ----politics; government |
| 舌 | した----tongue |
| 戦犯 | せんぱん----(abbr) war criminal (from sensou hanzainin) |
| 団栗の背比べ | どんぐりのせいくらべ----(id) having no outstanding characteristics; to all seem about the same |
| 団長 | だんちょう----leader of a delegation (body; party) |
| 任 | にん----obligation; duty; charge; responsibility |
| 任す | まかす----to entrust; to leave to a person |
| 任ずる | にんずる----to appoint; to nominate; to assume (responsibility); to pose as |
| 任せる | まかせる----to entrust to another |
| 任地 | にんち----one's post; appointment |
| 判 | ばん----(suf) size (of paper or books) |
| 判る | わかる----to understand; to know |
| 判子 | はんこ----seal (used for signature) |
| 判事 | はんじ----judge; judiciary |
| 版 | はん----edition |
| 版元 | はんもと----publisher |
| 版行 | はんこう----(vs) publishing; printing; sealling |
| 版木 | はんぎ----(printing) block; woodcut |
| 犯す | おかす----to commit; to perpetrate; to violate; to rape |
| 犯人 | はんにん----offender; criminal |
| 肥 | こえ----manure; night soil; dung; fertiliser |
| 肥える | こえる----to grow fat; to grow fertile |
| 肥やし | こやし----manure; night soil; dung; fertiliser |
| 肥やす | こやす----to fertilize; to manure; to enrich |
| 肥る | ふとる----to grow fat (stout; plump); to become fat |
| 肥大 | ひだい----(vs) swell; enlarge; corpulence; fatness; obesity |
| 非人間的 | ひにんげんてき----inhuman; impersonal |
| 非力 | ひりき----(an) powerless |
| 布 | ぬの----cloth |
| 布団 | ふとん----bedding (Japanese style); futon |
| 布地 | きれじ----cloth |
| 武し | たけし----(arch) brave |
| 武事 | ぶじ----military affairs; martial arts |
| 武者 | むしゃ----warrior |
| 武夫 | もののふ----warrior; samurai |
| 武力 | ぶりょく----armed might; military power; the sword; force |
| 弁える | わきまえる----to know (right from wrong); to discern; to discriminate; to understand; to bear in mind |
| 防ぐ | ふせぐ----(vt) to defend (against); to protect; to prevent |
| 防戦 | ぼうせん----defensive fight (battle) |
| 防長官 | ぼうちょうかん----Secretary of Defence |
| 余す | あます----to save; to leave over; to spare |
| 余り | あまり----not very; not much; remainder; rest; remnant; surplus; balance; excess; remains; scraps; residue; fullness; other; too much |
| 余る | あまる----to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many |
| 余所事 | よそごと----another's affair |