Kanji Dictionary

一体いったい (1)...the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"), ...in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"), ...on earth (e.g. "who on earth?"), (n) (2)one object, one body, unity, (3)one form, one style, (4)one Buddhist jlpt3

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外来がいらい (1)(abbr) external origin, imported, (2)outpatient mix

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別にべつに (1)(not) particularly, nothing, (2)separately, apart jlpt3

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行方ゆくえ (1)(one's) whereabouts, (2)course, direction mix

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出しだし (1)(uk) dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp), (2)pretext, excuse, pretense (pretence), dupe, front man ryouri

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出来るできる (1)(uk) to be able (in a position) to do, to be up to the task, (2)to be ready, to be completed, (3)to be made, to be built, (4)to be good at, to be permitted (to do), (5)to become intimate, to t ichidan, jlpt3, verb, vintrans

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何れいずれ (1)(uk) where, which, who, (2)anyway, anyhow, at any rate, sooner or later, eventually, at some future date or time; (adv,pn,adj-no) (3)(uk) where, which, who, (4)anyway, anyhow, at any rate, soon mix

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百万ひゃくまん (1)1,000,000, one million, million, (2)many mix

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上りのぼり (1)ascent, climbing, ascending (path), climb, (2)up-train (e.g. going to Tokyo), (n,adj-no) (3)northward (towards Tokyo) jlpt3

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白黒しろくろ (1)black and white, monochrome, (exp,vs) (2)good and evil, right and wrong, guilt and innocence iro

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行きいき (1)bound for ..., (n) (2)going (to) jlpt3

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歯止めはどめ (1)brake, skid, pawl, (2)restraint, curtailment, self-imposed limit, check suru

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特色とくしょく (1)characteristic, feature, idiosyncrasy, personal colour, (2)spot color (in printing) mix

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回りまわり (1)circumference, perimeter, edge, (2)surroundings, locality, neighborhood, (3)rotation, circulation jlpt3

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手がかりてがかり (1)clue, key, trail, scent, track, contact, (2)handhold, on hand mix

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気品きひん (1)elegance/refinement/grace/dignity/ (2)aroma leda1

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目玉めだま (1)eyeball, (2)(abbr) special feature, centerpiece, showpiece, drawcard, (3)special program, loss leader hito, leda1

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前後ぜんご (1)front and rear, front and back, before and behind, (2)before and after, (3)order, context, (4)consequences, (n,vs) (5)inversion, reversion, getting out of order, (6)co-occurring, (n-suf,n) (7 mix

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うま味うまみ (1)good flavor (flavour), good taste, deliciousness, (2)umami (fifth category of taste, corresponding to the flavour of glutamates), (3)skill, (4)profit mix

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道しるべみちしるべ (1)guidepost, signpost, guide, (2)(col) tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica) mix

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半人前はんにんまえ (1)half share, (2)half a man mix

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聞き手ききて (1)hearer, listener, audience, (2)interviewer, questioner mix

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子分こぶん (1)henchman, follower, (2)(arch) adopted child mix

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有力ゆうりょく (1)influential, prominent, (2)strong, likely, plausible, potent mix

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足りないたりない (1)insufficient/not enough/lacking/ (2)dim-witted/slow/one brick short of a full load adj

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会かい (1)meeting, assembly, party, (2)association, club jlpt3

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一口ひとくち (1)mouthful, bite, sip, draft, draught, (2)one word mix

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一回りひとまわり (1)one turn, one round, (2)(a) size, (vs) (3)to go around, to make a circuit, to take a turn mix

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日の丸ひのまる (1)outline of the sun (esp. represented as a red circle)/ (2)(abbr) the Japanese flag/(P) leda1

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生理せいり (1)physiology, (2)menstruation, one's period, menses hito

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さいの目さいのめ (1)pip (spot on a die), (2)small cube (esp. of food), die, dice mix

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手入れていれ (1)repairs, maintenance, tending, trimming, grooming, (2)crackdown, (police) raid suru

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兆ちょう (1)sign, omen, indication, portent, (num) (2)10^12, 1,000,000,000,000, trillion (American), (obs) billion (British) mix

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大小だいしょう (1)sizes (various), large and small, (2)daisho (matched pair of long and short swords), (3)large and small drums, (4)long months and short months mix

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上手くうまく (1)skilfully, skillfully, well, aptly, cleverly, (2)successfully, smoothly, (3)deliciously mix

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上手いうまい (1)skillful, clever, expert, wise, successful, (2)delicious, appetizing, appetising, (3)fortunate, splendid, promising adj

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口語こうご (1)spoken language, (2)literary style based on (modern) spoken language bunpou

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品しな (1)thing, article, goods, (2)dignity, class, quality, (n) (3)(uk) flirtatiousness, coquetry mix

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足りるたりる (1)to be sufficient/to be enough/ (2)to be worth doing/to be worthy/ (3)to be sufficient/to answer/to do/(P) ichidan, jlpt3, verb, vintrans

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分かれるわかれる (1)to branch/to fork/to diverge/ (2)to separate/to split/to divide/ (3)to disperse/to scatter/(P) ichidan, jlpt3, vintrans

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生み出すうみだす (1)to create, to bring forth, to produce, (2)to invent, to think up and bring into being, (3)to give birth to, to bear godan, verb, vtrans

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下るくだる (1)to descend, to go down, to come down, (2)to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.), (3)to pass (of time), (4)to surrender, to capitulate, (5)(often in neg. form) to be less than, to be i godan, jlpt3, verb, vintrans

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見つけるみつける (1)to discover, to find (e.g. an error in a book), to come across, to detect, to spot, (2)to locate, to find (e.g. something missing), to find fault, (3)to be used to seeing, to be familiar with ichidan, jlpt3, jlpt4, verb, vtrans

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生えるはえる (1)to grow, to spring up, (2)to cut (teeth) ichidan, jlpt3, verb, vintrans

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手にするてにする (1)to hold (in one's hand), to take (into one's hand), (2)to own, to obtain suru

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見上げるみあげる (1)to look up at, to raise one's eyes, (2)to look up to, to admire, to respect ichidan, verb, vtrans

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生かすいかす (1)to make (the best) use of, to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.), to capitalise on (experience, etc), (2)to let live, to keep alive, (3)to revive, to resuscitate godan, verb, vintrans, vtrans

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注ぐそそぐ (1)to pour (into), to fill, (2)to sprinkle on from above, to shed (e.g. tears), (3)to concentrate one's spirit or strength on, (v5g,vi) (4)to fall onto (of rain, snow); (uk) (usu. written as kana godan, verb, vtrans

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上るのぼる (1)to rise, to go up, to come up, to ascend, to be raised, (2)to enter (esp. from outdoors), to come in, to go in, (3)to enter (a school), to advance to the next grade, (4)to get out (of water), t godan, jlpt3, verb, vintrans

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上がるあがる (1)to rise/to go up/to come up/to ascend/to be raised/ (2)to enter (esp. from outdoors)/to come in/to go in/ (3)to enter (a school)/to advance to the next grade/ (4)to get out (of water)/to come asho godan, verb, vintrans

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売れるうれる (1)to sell (well), (2)to be well known, to be popular, to be famous ichidan, verb, vintrans

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下ろすおろす (1)to take down (e.g. flag), to launch (e.g. boat), to drop, to lower (e.g. ladder), to let (a person) off, to unload, to discharge, (2)to drop off (a passenger from a vehicle), to let (a person) of godan, verb, vtrans

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回るまわる (1)to turn/to revolve/ (2)to visit several places/ (3)to function well/ (4)to pass a certain time/(P) godan, verb, vintrans

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回すまわす (1)to turn/to rotate/to gyrate/ (2)to circulate/to send around/ (3)to surround/ (4)to put something to a new use (e.g. leftovers)/(suf,v5s) (5)(after the -masu stem of a verb) ... around (i.e. to ch godan, leda1, verb, vtrans

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色々いろいろ (1)various, (2)(arch) various colors (colours) mix

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里さと (1)village/hamlet/ (2)countryside/country/ (3)home (of one's parents, etc.)/hometown/ (4)one's origins/one's upbringing/one's past leda1

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書き方かきかた (1)way of writing, manner of writing, (2)penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks), calligraphy, (3)format (e.g. of a report), (4)stroke order of a character mix

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風車かざぐるま (1)windmill/pinwheel/ (2)leather flower/Clematis patens leda1

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一気いっき (abbr) drink! (said repeatedly as a party cheer)mix

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国会こっかい (abbr) National Diet, parliament, congressseiji

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学食がくしょく (abbr) school cafeteriagakkou

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有休ゆうきゅう (abbr) vacation, (paid) holidaymix

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止すよす (after the -masu stem of a verb) to stop in the midst of, to leave undone; to cease, to abolish, to resign, to give upgodan, verb, vtrans