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軍隊

軍隊 ぐんたい armed forces; military; troops

兵士

兵士 へいし soldier

民兵

民兵 みんぺい militia; militiaman

中島

中島 なかじま island in a pond or river

半島

半島 はんとう peninsula

島

島 しま island; territory (of a prostitute, organized crime gang, etc.); turf

農村

農村 のうそん agricultural community; farm village; rural

村

村 むら village

門

門 もん gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons

門

門 かど gate

戸

戸 と door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; entrance (to a home); narrows

戸籍

戸籍 こせき family register; census

井戸

井戸 いど water well

武器

武器 ぶき weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset

武者

武者 むしゃ warrior

城

城 しろ castle

城主

城主 じょうしゅ lord of a castle

総合

総合 そうごう synthesis; coordination; putting together; integration; composite; comprehensive

布団

布団 ふとん futon (quilted Japanese-style mattress laid out on the floor); round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)

団体

団体 だんたい organization; organisation; association

線

線 せん line; stripe; stria; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad); track; route; lane;

設ける

設ける もうける to prepare ahead of time; to create; to establish

設計

設計 せっけい plan; design; layout

大勢

大勢 おおぜい many; crowd; great number of people

姿勢

姿勢 しせい attitude; posture; stance; approach; carriage (of the body)

政党

政党 せいとう political party

歴史

歴史 れきし history

経営

経営 けいえい management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting

営む

営む いとなむ to carry on (e.g. in ceremony); to run a business

政府

政府 せいふ government; administration

巻き込む

巻き込む まきこむ to roll up; to involve; to enfold; to swallow up; to drag into

巻

巻 かん volume (of book); reel (of film)

巻

巻 まき roll (e.g. of cloth); winding; volume (of book)

紹介

紹介 しょうかい introduction; presentation; referral; listing

冷蔵庫

冷蔵庫 れいぞうこ refrigerator

大蔵

大蔵 おおくら Ministry of Finance

造る

造る つくる to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to cultivate;

構造

構造 こうぞう structure; construction

根拠

根拠 こんきょ basis; foundation

寺院

寺院 じいん temple

寺

寺 てら temple (Buddhist)

将来

将来 しょうらい future (usually near); prospects

中将

中将 ちゅうじょう lieutenant general; vice-admiral

改める

改める あらためる to change; to alter; to revise; to replace; to reform; to correct; to mend; to improve; to examine; to check; to inspect; to do properly;

改善

改善 かいぜん betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)

県庁

県庁 けんちょう prefectural office

温泉

温泉 おんせん spa; hot spring; onsen

泉

泉 いずみ spring; fountain

想像

想像 そうぞう imagination; guess

詳細

詳細 しょうさい detail; particulars

細い

細い ほそい thin; slender; fine; unlucky (billiards slang)

細かい

細かい こまかい small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive; attentive

谷

谷 たに valley

渓谷

渓谷 けいこく valley; ravine; canyon

深奥

深奥 しんおう esoteric doctrines; mysteries

奥

奥 おく interior; inner part; inside

再来年

再来年 さらいねん year after next

再生

再生 さいせい resuscitation; regeneration; restoration to life; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.); view (of a video clip);

再び

再び ふたたび again; once more; a second time

血管

血管 けっかん blood vessel; vein

血液

血液 けつえき blood

血

血 ち blood; consanguinity

計算

計算 けいさん calculation; reckoning; count; forecast

演算

演算 えんざん operation; calculation

対象

対象 たいしょう target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)

象

象 ぞう elephant (Elephantidae spp.)

清らか

清らか きよらか clean; pure; chaste

清掃

清掃 せいそう cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging

六根清浄

六根清浄 ろっこんしょうじょう purification of the six roots of perception

技

技 わざ technique; art; skill

州

州 しゅう state; province; county; oblast; department (of ancient China); continent; dear

州

州 す sandbank; sandbar

大統領

大統領 だいとうりょう president; chief executive

架橋

架橋 かきょう bridge building; bridge; cross-linking

橋

橋 はし bridge

芸術

芸術 げいじゅつ (fine) art; the arts

大型

大型 おおがた large; large scale; big; jumbo

典型

典型 てんけい type; pattern; model; epitome; exemplar; archetypal; representative

型

型 かた model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; pattern; mold (mould); template; model; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.);

香水

香水 こうすい perfume

香り

香り かおり aroma; fragrance; scent; smell

重量

重量 じゅうりょう weight; heavyweight boxer

量る

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

永久

永久 えいきゅう eternity; perpetuity; immortality; Eikyuu era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)

久しぶり

久しぶり ひさしぶり a long time (since the last time); it's been a while (since I last saw, mailed, etc., you)

境

境 さかい border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region; spot; space; environment; psychological state; mental state; cognitive object; something perceptible by the sense organs or mind

環境

環境 かんきょう environment; circumstance

区別

区別 くべつ distinction; differentiation; classification

電波

電波 でんぱ electromagnetic wave; radio wave; reception; signal; saying strange things

周波数

周波数 しゅうはすう frequency (esp. of waveforms)

波

波 なみ wave

移す

移す うつす to change; to swap; to substitute; to transfer; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something

移動

移動 いどう movement; transfer; migration; removal; travel; mobile; moving; traveling; travelling; roving

地域

地域 ちいき area; region

周り

周り まわり circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity

周辺

周辺 しゅうへん circumference; outskirts; environs; around; in the area of; in the vicinity of; (computer) peripheral

接ぎ木

接ぎ木 つぎき grafting

接する

接する せっする to touch; to come in contact with; to border on; to adjoin; to be adjacent; to be close; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to serve; to take care of;

鉄道

鉄道 てつどう railroad; railway; rail transport

鉄砲

鉄砲 てっぽう gun; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; fugu

手頃

手頃 てごろ moderate; handy; convenient; reasonable

頃

頃 ころ (approximate) time; around; about; toward; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season

材料

材料 ざいりょう ingredients; material

個人

個人 こじん individual; private person; personal; private

協力

協力 きょうりょく cooperation; collaboration

各地

各地 かくち every place; various places

各国

各国 かっこく each nation; many nations; many countries

帯

帯 おび obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.

地帯

地帯 ちたい area; zone; belt (of land)

帯びる

帯びる おびる to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with

短編

短編 たんぺん short (e.g. story, film)

編集

編集 へんしゅう editing; compilation; editorial (e.g. committee)

編む

編む あむ to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit

庫裏

庫裏 くり temple kitchen; monastery kitchen; quarters of a head priest (and his family)

裏

裏 うら bottom (or another side that is hidden from view); undersurface; opposite side; reverse side; rear; back; behind (the house); lining; inside; out of sight

比べる

比べる くらべる to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie

比較

比較 ひかく comparison

恵比寿

恵比寿 えびす Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce

坂

坂 さか slope; hill

装う

装う よそおう to wear; to dress; to pretend; to feign

装置

装置 そうち equipment; installation; apparatus; device

衣装

衣装 いしょう clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress

省みる

省みる 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 reconsider; to review; to reflect on oneself;

省略

省略 しょうりゃく omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement

反省

反省 はんせい reflection; reconsideration; introspection; meditation; contemplation; regret; repentance; remorse; being sorry

省く

省く はぶく to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to eliminate; to elide; to curtail; to save; to cut down; to economize; to economise

税金

税金 ぜいきん tax; duty

競り合う

競り合う せりあう to struggle for; to compete with; to vie with

競争

競争 きょうそう competition; contest; to compete

競う

競う きそう to compete with; to emulate

周囲

周囲 しゅうい surroundings; environs; circumference

囲む

囲む かこむ to surround; to encircle; to enclose; to fence; to wall in; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)

浜辺

浜辺 はまべ beach; foreshore

辺り

辺り あたり on the bank of; by the side of (e.g. a river, pond); (in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; nearby; around (Sunday, last year, etc...); for instance

運河

運河 うんが canal; waterway

河岸

河岸 かわぎし riverbank; riverside; fish market

極楽

極楽 ごくらく Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise

極端

極端 きょくたん extreme; extremity

極めて

極めて きわめて exceedingly; extremely; decisively

防止

防止 ぼうし prevention; check

防ぐ

防ぐ ふせぐ to defend (against); to protect; to prevent

低い

低い ひくい low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key; low (volume)

最低

最低 さいてい least; lowest; worst; nasty; disgusting; horrible; yuck!

森林

森林 しんりん forest; woods

林

林 はやし woods; forest; copse; thicket; bunch; line (of something); collection

導く

導く みちびく to guide; to lead; to show the way; to conduct; to derive; to deduce

森

森 もり forest; shrine grove

丸い

丸い まるい round; circular; spherical; harmonious; calm

弾丸

弾丸 だんがん bullet; shot; shell

胸

胸 むね chest; breast; breasts; bosom; bust; heart; lungs; stomach; heart; mind; feelings

度胸

度胸 どきょう courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts

胸騒ぎ

胸騒ぎ むなさわぎ uneasiness; vague apprehension; premonition

大陸

大陸 たいりく continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe

医療

医療 いりょう medical care; medical treatment

諸国

諸国 しょこく various countries; various regions; various provinces

管理

管理 かんり control; management (e.g. of a business)

仲介

仲介 ちゅうかい agency; intermediation

仲間

仲間 なかま company; fellow; colleague; associate; comrade; mate; group; circle of friends; partner; member of the same category

改革

改革 かいかく reform; reformation; innovation

革

革 かわ leather

担う

担う になう to carry on shoulder; to bear (burden); to shoulder (gun)

担当

担当 たんとう being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)

担ぐ

担ぐ かつぐ to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive; to take in; to be caught up in superstition

効く

効く きく to be effective; to show effect; to do its work; to carry out its function well; to be possible to use

賞

賞 しょう prize; award

星

星 ほし star; any light-emitting (or reflecting) heavenly body (except for the sun and the moon); offender; perpetrator; star point (in go);

衛星

衛星 えいせい satellite

金星

金星 きんぼし dazzling victory; win of a rank-and-file wrestler over the grand champion

回復

回復 かいふく restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; return; replevin; improvement; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence

復活

復活 ふっかつ revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection

片道

片道 かたみち one-way (trip); one-way ticket

破片

破片 はへん fragment; splinter; broken piece

断片

断片 だんぺん fragment; crumb; shred; bits and pieces

並木

並木 なみき roadside tree; row of trees

並行

並行 へいこう (going) side-by-side; abreast; concurrent; occurring together; at the same time; parallel

並ぶ

並ぶ ならぶ to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal

足並み

足並み あしなみ pace; step

底

底 そこ bottom; sole

徹底

徹底 てってい thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception

温度

温度 おんど temperature

軽やか

軽やか かろやか light; easy; non-serious; minor

軽減

軽減 けいげん abatement; reduction

気軽

気軽 きがる carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; sprightly; ease

軽い

軽い かるい light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); nimble; agile

記録

記録 きろく record; minutes; document; a record (e.g. in sports); results; score; to record; to document; to set a record (e.g. in sports); to show a result; to reach a value

腰

腰 こし back; lower back; waist; hips; lumbar region; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring

腰痛

腰痛 ようつう lower back (or hip) pain; lumbago

及び腰

及び腰 およびごし bent back; indecisive attitude; timidity; lack of nerve

著しい

著しい いちじるしい striking; remarkable; considerable (used for good, bad, and neutral observations)

著者

著者 ちょしゃ author (usu. of a particular book); writer

著す

著す あらわす to write; to publish