| 虫干し | むしぼし・airing of clothes, hanging scrolls, etc. (to prevent damage from insects and mould) |
| 習慣
「その習慣は中国で始まった。」 | しゅうかん・(social) custom; practice; convention |
| 着物 | きもの |
| 湿気 | しっけ・moisture; humidity; dampness |
| 防ぐ | ふせぐ・to defend against; to protect against |
| 下旬 | げじゅん・last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month |
| 上旬 | じょうじゅん・first 10 days of month |
| 含む | ふくむ・to contain; to comprise; to have; to hold; to include; to embrace |
| 汚れる | よごれる・to get dirty; to become dirty |
| 気候 | きこう・climate |
| 工夫 | くふう・devising (a way); contriving; inventing; thinking up; figuring out; coming up with; working out |
| 現代 | げんだ・present age; present day; today |
| 洋服 | ようふく・western-style clothes |
| 役 | やく・role; assignment; responsibility; duty; function; job; service |
| 駐車 | ちゅうしゃ・parking |
| 無休 | むきゅう・without a holiday; nonstop |
| 満車 | まんしゃ・full parking lot |
| 方向 | ほうこう・direction; orientation; bearing; way |
| 向かう | むかう・to go towards; to head towards |
| 禁止 | きんし・prohibition; inhibition; ban |
| 関心 | かんしん・concern; interest |
| 駐車場 | ちゅうしゃじょう・parking lot |
| 満員 | まんいん・full (of people); crowded |
| 無断 | むだん・absence of permission; lack of permission |
| 開閉 | かいへい・opening and shutting |
| 案内 | あんない・information |
| 内側 | うちがわ・inside; interior; inner part |
| 家内 | かない・wife |
| 予習 | よしゅう・preparation for a lesson |
| 備える | そなえる・to furnish with; to equip with; to provide; to install |
| 観光 | かんこう・sightseeing; tourism |
| 観客 | かんきゃく・spectator; audience |
| 港 | みなと・harbour; harbor; port |
| 遊園地 | ゆうえんち・amusement park |
| 美術 | びじゅつ・art; fine arts |
| 美術館 | びじゅつかん・museum |
| 技術 | ぎじゅつ・technology; engineering |
| 手術 | しゅじゅつ・surgery; operation; procedure |
| 神社 | じんじゃ・Shinto shrine |
| 神経質 | しんけいしつ・nervous; highly strung; sensitive |
| お寺 | おてら・temple |
| 市役所 | しやくしょ・municipal office; council; city hall |
| 郵便 | ゆうびん・mail service; postal service; mail; post |
| 役員 | やくいん・director; executive |
| 役に立つ | やくにたつ・to be helpful; to be useful |
| 郵便局 | ゆうびんきょく・post office |
| 薬局 | やっきょく・pharmacy; drugstore; chemist's (shop) |
| 交番 | こうばん・police box; koban; small neighborhood police station |
| 交換 | こうかん・exchange |
| 交通 | こうつう・Transport |
| 差 | さ・difference |
| 差し出す | さしだす・to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out |
| 差出人 | さしだしにん・sender (e.g. of mail) |
| 交差点 | こうさてん・crossing; intersection |
| 点数 | てんすう・marks; points; score; grade; runs (baseball) |
| 歩道橋 | ほどうきょう・footbridge; pedestrian bridge; pedestrian overpass |
| 橋 | はし・bridge |
| 公園 | こうえん・(public) park |
| 禁煙 | きんえん・no smoking |
| 様子 | ようす・appearance/situation |
| 協力 | きょうりょく・cooperation |
| 科学 | かがく・science |
| 管理 | かんり・control; management (e.g. of a business) |
| 封筒 | ふうとう・envelope |
| 切手 | きって・stamp (postage); merchandise certificate |
| 自慢 | じまん・pride, boast |
| 整理 | せいり・sorting; arrangement; organization; putting in order; adjustment; regulation |
| 博物館 | はくぶつかん・Museum |
| 観光地 | かんこうち・tourist attraction; sight-seeing area |
| 合格 | ごうかく・passing (an exam); pass; success; passing grade |
| 仏教 | ぶっきょう・budhism |
| 調子 | ちょうし・tune; tone; key; pitch; time; rhythm, condition; state of health; shape |
| 世紀 | せいき・century |
| 商品 | しょうひん・commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise |
| 参加 | さんか・participation; joining; entry |
| 返す | かえす・to return (something); to restore; to put back |
| 成長 | せいちょう・growth; development; growing up; becoming an adult |
| 貸す | かす・to lend; to loan |
| 折り紙 | おりがみ・origami (paper folding) |
| 骨折 | こっせつ・bone fracture |
| 教科書 | きょうかしょ・textbook |
| 耳鼻科 | じびか・otolaryngology; ear, nose, and throat department |
| 受験 | じゅけん・taking an examination (esp. for entrance to a school or university) |
| 図形 | ずけい・figure; shape; graphic |
| 片付ける | かたづける・to tidy up; to put in order; to straighten up; to put away |
| 整形外科 | せいけいげか・orthopedic surgery; orthopaedic surgery; orthopedics; orthopaedics |
| 困る | こまる・to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be in a fix; to be at a loss; to be stumped; to be embarrassed |
| 消防 | しょうぼう・fire fighting |
| 予防 | よぼう・prevention; protection (against); precaution |
| 救う
「平和しか世界を救うことはできない」 | すくう・to rescue from; to help out of; to save |
| 警官 | けいかん・police officer; policeman; constable |
| 和食 | わしょく・Japanese food; Japanese dish; Japanese cuisine |
| 塩 | しお・salt; common salt; table salt; sodium chloride |
| 正月 | しょうがつ・New Year (esp. first three days) |
| 歌手 | かしゅ・singer |
| 予約 | よやく・reservation; appointment; booking; advance order |
| 産婦人科 | さんふじんか・maternity and gynaecology department (gynecology); |
| 右折/左折 | うせつ/させつ・turning to the right; right turn |
| 受信 | じゅしん・receiving (a message, letter, email, etc.); reception (radio, TV, etc.) |
| 救急車 | きゅうきゅうしゃ・ambulance |
| 故障 | こしょう・fault; trouble; breakdown; failure; being out of order |
| 伝言 | でんごん・verbal message; word (from someone) |
| 地方 | ちほう・district; region; area; locality |
| 入場料 | にゅうじょうりょう・entrance fee; admission fee; admission; entrance charge; admission charge |
| 会場 | かいじょう・ assembly hall; meeting place; venue; site; grounds |
| 司会
司会者 | しかい・leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairmanship
しかいしゃ・chairman; moderator; toastmaster; master of ceremonies; chairperson; host (of a TV show, etc.) |
| 帰国 | きこく・return to one's country |
| 成人式 | せいじんしき・coming-of-age ceremony |
| 怪我 | けが・injury; wound |
| 祈る | いのる・to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace |
| 扇風機 | せんぷうき・electric fan |
| 楽器 | がっき・musical instrument |
| 機能 | きのう・ function; facility; faculty; feature |
| 破れる | やぶれる・to get torn; to tear; to rip; to break; to wear out |
| 修理 | しゅうり・repair; mending; fixing; servicing |
| 結果 | けっか・result; consequence; outcome; effect |
| 影響 | えいきょう・influence; effect; impact |
| 一生懸命 | いっしょうけんめい・very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly; desperately |
| 群がる | むらがる・to swarm; to gather |
| 批判 | ひはん・criticism; judgement; judgment; comment |
| 休日 | きゅうじつ・holiday; day off |
| 地下鉄 | ちかてつ・subway; metro; underground (railway) |
| 計画 | けいかく・plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme |
| 都 | みやこ・capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government |
| 通る | とおる/かよう・to go by; to go past; to go along; to travel along; to pass through; to use (a road); to take (a route); to go via; to go by way of |
| 台所 | だいどころ・kitchen |
| 平日 | へいじつ・weekday |
| 昨年 | さくねん・last year |
| 暮れ | くれ・year-end; end of the year、sunset; sundown; nightfall; dusk |
| 日程 | にってい・ schedule; program; programme; agenda |
| 先日 | せんじつ・the other day; a few days ago |
| 旅館 | りょかん・ryokan; traditional Japanese inn |
| 宿泊 | しゅくはく・ accommodation; lodging |
| 列車 | れっしゃ・train; railway train |
| 時刻表 | じこくひょう・timetable; schedule |
| 私鉄 | してつ・private railway |
| 要冷蔵 | ようれいぞう・requiring refrigeration |
| 冷蔵庫 | れいぞうこ・refrigerator; fridge |
| 冷ます | さます・to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool |
| 凍る | こおる・to freeze; to become frozen; to freeze over |
| 保存する | ほぞん・preservation; conservation; storage; maintenance |
| 冷房 | れいぼう・air conditioning; air cooling |
| 金庫 | きんこ・safe; strongbox; cashbox; vault; strongroom |
| 車庫 | しゃこ・garage; carport; depot (trains, buses, etc.) |
| 必死 | ひっし・frantic; frenetic; desperate |
| 費用 | ひよう・cost; expense |
| 旅費 | りょひ・travel expenses |
| 消費者 | しょうひしゃ・consumer |
| 消費期限 | しょうひきげん・expiry date (esp. on food); expiration date; use-by date |
| 会費 | かいひ・membership fee |
| 期間 | きかん・period; term; interval |
| 定期券 | ていきけん・commuter pass; season ticket |
| 長期 | ちょうき・long-term |
| 短期 | たんき・short-term |
| 期限 | きげん・term; period; time frame |
| 限度 | げんど・limit; bounds |
| 限定 | げんてい・ limit; restriction |
| 製 | セイ・make; manufacture; -made; made of ...; made in ... |
| 製品 | せいひん・manufactured goods; finished goods; product |
| 造 | Kun: つく.る、 つく.り、 -づく.り
On: ゾウ |
| 製造 | せいぞう・manufacture; production |
| 造る | つくる・to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct |
| 新聞 | しんぶん・newspaper |
| 賞 | しょう・prize; award |
| 賞金 | しょうきん・prize money; monetary award; reward |
| 賞品 | しょうひん・prize; trophy |
| 法 | On: ホウ |
| 文法 | ぶんぽう・grammar |
| 温 | Kun: あたた.か、 あたた.かい、 あたた.まる、 あたた.める、 ぬく
On: オン |
| 温度 | おんど・temperature |
| 気温 | きおん・(air) temperature |
| 温かい
「彼女は心の温かい人なんです。」 | あたたかい・considerate; kind; genial |
| 常温 | じょうおん・normal temperature; room temperature |
| 販 | On: ハン |
| 販売 | はんばい・sales; selling; marketing |
| 自動販売機 | じどうはんばいき・vending machine |
| 経験 | けいけん・experience |
| 賛成 | さんせい・approval; agreement; support; favour; favor |
| 相談 | そうだん・consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (someone) for advice |
| 活動 | かつどう・activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action |
| 優勝 | ゆうしょう・ overall victory; championship; winning the title |
| 準優勝 | じゅんゆうしょう・being the runner-up; finishing second |
| 賞味期限 | しょうみきげん・best-before date (on food); use-by date; expiry date; expiration date |
| 機会
「絶好の機会を逃した。」 | きかい・chance; opportunity; occasion
I missed a golden opportunity. |
| 機械 | きかい・machine; mechanism |
| 増加 | ぞうか・increase; rise; growth; addition; increment |
| 増える | ふえる・to increase; to multiply |
| 増やす | ふやす・ to increase; to add to; to augment |
| 減少 | げんしょう・decrease; reduction; decline |
| 減る | へる・to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate |
| 減らす | へらす・to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten |
| 量 | りょう・quantity; amount; volume; capacity; portion (of food) |
| 増量 | ぞうりょう・increase in amount; increase in quantity; increase in volume |
| 数量 | すうりょう・ quantity; volume; amount |
| 氷 | こおり・ice |
| 返事 | へんじ・reply; answer; response |
| 返却 | へんきゃく・return of something; repayment |
| お湯 | おゆ・hot water |
| 減量 | げんりょう・loss in weight (esp. body weight); weight reduction |
| 飛行機 | ひこうき・airplane; aeroplane; plane; aircraft |
