Vocabulary consisting only from characters you are able to read
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
目茶苦茶
めちゃくちゃ
(1)(uk) absurd, unreasonable, nonsensical, preposterous, incoherent, (2)extreme, senseless, reckless, wanton, (3)disorder, confusion, mess, wreck mix
出し
だし
(1)(uk) dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp), (2)pretext, excuse, pretense (pretence), dupe, front man ryouri
可笑しい
おかしい
(1)(uk) funny, amusing, comical, laughable, ridiculous, (2)(uk) strange, odd, funny, peculiar, weird, unusual, eccentric, (3)(uk) improper, unsuitable, unbecoming, (4)(uk) suspicious adj, jlpt3
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
百万
ひゃくまん
(1)1,000,000, one million, million, (2)many mix
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
白黒
しろくろ
(1)black and white, monochrome, (exp,vs) (2)good and evil, right and wrong, guilt and innocence iro
黒星
くろぼし
(1)black spot/black dot/bull's-eye/ (2)failure mark (sumo)/(P) leda1
行き
いき
(1)bound for ..., (n) (2)going (to) jlpt3
桜
さくら
(1)cherry tree, cherry blossom, (2)decoy, fake buyer, shill, (3)hired applauder, (4)(col) horse meat shokubutsu
手がかり
てがかり
(1)clue, key, trail, scent, track, contact, (2)handhold, on hand mix
扉
とびら
(1)door, gate, opening, (2)title page mix
眼
まなこ
(1)eye, eyeball, (2)eyesight, sight, vision, (3)look, stare, glance, (4)experience, (5)viewpoint, (6)stitch, texture, weave, (suf) (7)ordinal number suffix, (8)somewhat, -ish; (9)eye, eyeball mix
目玉
めだま
(1)eyeball, (2)(abbr) special feature, centerpiece, showpiece, drawcard, (3)special program, loss leader hito, leda1
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
幸
さち
(1)good luck, fortune, happiness, (2)harvest, yield mix
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
半人前
はんにんまえ
(1)half share, (2)half a man mix
頭
かしら
(1)head/ (2)top/ (3)hair (on one's head)/ (4)top structural component of a kanji/(P) leda1
聞き手
ききて
(1)hearer, listener, audience, (2)interviewer, questioner mix
天神
てんじん
(1)heavenly god/heavenly gods/ (2)spirit of Sugawara no Michizane/ (3)Tenmangu shrine (dedicated to Michizane's spirit)/ (4)(col) pit of a dried plum/dried plum/ (5)(abbr) tenjin hairstyle/ (6)prosti leda1
子分
こぶん
(1)henchman, follower, (2)(arch) adopted child mix
氷水
こおりみず
(1)ice water/ (2)shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup) leda1
内
うち
(1)inside/within/ (2)while/ (3)among/amongst/between/(pn,adj-no) (4)we (referring to one's in-group, i.e. company, etc.)/our/ (5)my spouse/(n) (6)(arch) imperial palace grounds/ (7)(arch) emperor/( adj, jlpt4, leda1
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
殺生
せっしょう
(1)killing, destruction of life, (adj-na) (2)barbarous, callous, brutal, cruel suru
笑い
わらい
(1)laugh/laughter/ (2)smile/ (3)sneer/(P) jlpt3
獅子
しし
(1)lion, (2)left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine mix
石
こく
(1)measure of volume (approx. 180.39 liters, 6.37 cub. ft.)/ (2)measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)/(P) leda1
肉食
にくしょく
(1)meat eating/eating of meat/meat diet/(adj-f) (2)carnivorous/(P) leda1, suru
会
かい
(1)meeting, assembly, party, (2)association, club jlpt3
鼠
ねずみ
(1)mouse, rat, (2)dark gray, dark grey, slate (color, colour); (3)mouse, rat, (4)dark gray, dark grey, slate (color, colour) doubutsu
一口
ひとくち
(1)mouthful, bite, sip, draft, draught, (2)one word mix
肉眼
にくがん
(1)naked eye/ (2)(Buddh) the physical eye/(P) leda1
風物
ふうぶつ
(1)natural features, scenery, (2)things particular to a certain region or season, characteristic scenery and customs, scenes and manners mix
新人
しんじん
(1)new face/newcomer/ (2)modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)/(P) adj, leda1
新た
あらた
(1)new, fresh, novel, (adv) (2)newly, freshly, re- mix
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
生理
せいり
(1)physiology, (2)menstruation, one's period, menses hito
さいの目
さいのめ
(1)pip (spot on a die), (2)small cube (esp. of food), die, dice mix
哀れ
あわれ
(1)pity, sorrow, grief, misery, compassion, pathos, (adj-na) (2)pitiable, pitiful, pathetic, miserable, (int) (3)alack, alas mix
手入れ
ていれ
(1)repairs, maintenance, tending, trimming, grooming, (2)crackdown, (police) raid suru
兆
ちょう
(1)sign, omen, indication, portent, (num) (2)10^12, 1,000,000,000,000, trillion (American), (obs) billion (British) mix
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
上手く
うまく
(1)skilfully, skillfully, well, aptly, cleverly, (2)successfully, smoothly, (3)deliciously mix
上手い
うまい
(1)skillful, clever, expert, wise, successful, (2)delicious, appetizing, appetising, (3)fortunate, splendid, promising adj
小虫
こむし
(1)small insect, midge, (2)vermicule doubutsu
蛇
へび
(1)snake, (2)serpent, large snake; (3)snake, (4)serpent, large snake; (5)snake, (6)serpent, large snake; (n) (7)snake, (8)serpent, large snake doubutsu
立体
りったい
(1)solid body/three-dimensional object/ (2)(abbr) multi-storey car park/(P) adj, leda1
口語
こうご
(1)spoken language, (2)literary style based on (modern) spoken language bunpou
忍び
しのび
(1)stealth, (2)(abbr) travelling incognito (traveling), (3)(abbr) ninjutsu, (4)(abbr) ninja, (5)sneak theft, sneak thief, (6)tolerance mix
代
しろ
(1)substitution, (2)material, (3)price, (4)margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.), area required for something, (5)(arch) shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; ~19.83 m.sq.); (6)cha mix
代
よ
(1)substitution, (2)material, (3)price, (4)margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.), area required for something, (5)(arch) shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; ~19.83 m.sq.); (6)cha mix
恐ろしい
おそろしい
(1)terrible, dreadful, terrifying, frightening, frightened, (2)surprising, startling, tremendous, amazing adj
年頭
ねんとう
(1)the oldest person/ (2)beginning of the year/(P) leda1
問う
とう
(1)to ask/to question/to inquire/ (2)to charge (i.e. with a crime)/to accuse/ (3)to care (about)/ (4)without regard to (with negative verb)/(P) godan, leda1, verb, vtrans
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
甘える
あまえる
(1)to behave like a spoiled child, to behave like a spoilt child, to fawn on, (2)to depend and presume upon another's benevolence ichidan, verb, vintrans
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
届く
とどく
(1)to reach, to arrive, to get through, to get at, (2)to be attentive, to pay attention, (3)to be delivered, to carry (e.g. sound) godan, jlpt3, verb, vintrans
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
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
立ち上がる
たちあがる
(1)to stand up, to get up, (2)to rise, (3)to recover, (4)to take action, to start, (5)to make the initial charge (in sumo), (6)(comp) to start up, to boot up godan, verb, vintrans
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
色々
いろいろ
(1)various, (2)(arch) various colors (colours) mix
幼い
おさない
(1)very young, (2)childish, immature adj
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
戦
いくさ
(1)war, battle, campaign, fight, (2)(arch) troops, forces; (3)war, battle, (4)match, competition mix
白星
しろぼし
(1)white circle/white star/ (2)victory mark (sumo)/(P) leda1
風車
かざぐるま
(1)windmill/pinwheel/ (2)leather flower/Clematis patens leda1
木馬
もくば
(1)wooden horse/rocking horse/ (2)vaulting horse/horse used in gymnastics/ (3)the horse (ancient torture device that one was forced to straddle with rocks hanging from the feet) leda1
大和
やまと
(1)Yamato/ancient province corresponding to modern-day Nara Prefecture/ (2)(ancient) Japan/(adj-f) (3)Japanese/(P) namae
日銀
にちぎん
(abbr) Bank of Japan, BOJ, BoJmix
一気
いっき
(abbr) drink! (said repeatedly as a party cheer)mix
国会
こっかい
(abbr) National Diet, parliament, congressseiji
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
金玉
きんたま
(col) testiclesmix
金山
きんざん
(gold) mine; (gold) minemix
〜夫人
ふじん
(1)(hon) wife, Mrs, madam; (2)(hon) wife, Mrs, madam, (3)(arch) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.), (4)(arch) consort of the emperor; (n) (5)(arch) consort of the emperor mix
緑の日
みどりのひ
(n) Greenery Day (national holiday; May 4)namae, toki