Most common Japanese words

67777 words

Words 12901–13000

12901家か政せい

household economy; housekeeping; homemaking

Noun

12902尋じん常じょう

common; ordinary; usual; average; normal; fair (e.g. fight); gracious; honorable; frank; open; …

Na-adjective

12903当とう方ほう

I; we; our part

Noun

12904懸けん賞しょう

offering a prize; prize competition; prize; reward

Noun

12905成なり立たつ

to consist of; to be made up of; to be composed of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be valid; to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on; to keep going

Godan verb

12906新しん田でん

new rice field; newly developed rice field; wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)

Noun

12907極ごく上じょう

first-rate; finest quality; the best

No-adjective

12908気き質しつ

disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character; trait; turn of mind

Noun

12909洋よう楽がく

Western music; European music

Noun

12910特とく大だい

extra-large; king-size; highest (priority, urgency, etc)

No-adjective

12911王おう冠かん

crown; diadem; bottle cap

Noun

12912王おう朝ちょう

dynasty

Noun

12913生なま意い気き

impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky; pert; brash

Na-adjective

12914精せい力りょく

energy; vigor; vigour; vitality

Noun

12915見けん当とう

estimate; guess; conjecture; aim; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately; about; around

Noun

12916見み習ならい

apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer

Noun

12917話はなし方かた

way of talking; speaking style

Noun

12918路ろ地じ

alley; alleyway; lane; path through a gate or garden; teahouse garden

Noun

12919近ちかづき

acquaintance; making someone's acquaintance

Noun

12920いろは

traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...

Noun

12921尚なお更さら

still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less

Adverb

12922山葵わさび

wasabi (Wasabia japonica); Japanese horseradish

Noun

12923アイヌ

Ainu

Noun

12924イノベーション

innovation

Noun

12925エロス

eros; sexual desire; physical love; Eros (god); (Platonic) Eros; Eros (asteroid)

Noun

12926愛いとしい

lovely; dear; beloved; darling; dearest; pitiable; pitiful

I-adjective

12927悪あく循じゅん環かん

vicious circle; vicious cycle

Noun

12928圧あっ勝しょう

overwhelming victory; crushing victory; sweeping victory; landslide victory

Noun

12929遺い志し

wishes of a deceased person; dying wish

Noun

12930遺い児じ

orphan; child left by the deceased; abandoned child

Noun

12931一いっ戸こ建だて

detached house; stand-alone house; single-family home

Noun

12932一いち大だい

one large ...; a great ...

Prefix

12933引いん責せき

taking responsibility

Noun

12934営えい団だん

corporation; foundation

Noun

12935英えい字じ

English letter; alphabetic character

Noun

12936園えん長ちょう

head of a garden; kindergarten principal; nursery school principal; park director; zoo director; head of a plantation

Noun

12937延えん命めい

keeping alive longer; prolonging life; life extension; life-support

Noun

12938沿えん道どう

roadside; wayside; route

Noun

12939応おう接せつ

reception (e.g. of visitors); dealing with

Noun

12940応おう対たい

dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving

Noun

12941下か降こう

descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence

Noun

12942下か流りゅう

downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes

Noun

12943佳か作さく

fine (piece of) work; excellent work; work that receives an honourable mention

Noun

12944夏なつ場ば所しょ

Summer Tournament (held in Tokyo in May)

Noun

12945火か山ざん灰ばい

volcanic ash

Noun

12946課かする

to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set

Suru verb

12947海かい運うん

maritime transport; shipping

Noun

12948開かい通つう

opening (of a new road, railway, etc.); going into operation (e.g. telephone communication); beginning services; reopening (e.g. of a road to traffic); resumption of services

Noun

12949外がい圧あつ

external pressure; outside pressure; foreign pressure

Noun

12950街まち角かど

street corner

Noun

12951垣かき根ね

hedge; fence; border; limit

Noun

12952格かく段だん

dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; noticeable; (far) better; exceptional

No-adjective

12953滑かっ降こう

descent (esp. in skiing); sliding down; skiing down; downhill (race)

Noun

12954丸まる刈がり

buzz cut; close crop

Noun

12955危あやうい

dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt; in jeopardy; uncertain; insecure; concerning; …

I-adjective

12956危あやうく

barely; narrowly; almost; nearly

Adverb

12957気き迫はく

spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour

Noun

12958貴き金きん属ぞく

precious metal

Noun

12959起き草そう

drafting (e.g. a bill); drawing up

Noun

12960客きゃく員いん

guest member; associate member; honorary member

Noun

12961丘きゅう陵りょう

hill; hillock; rolling hills; foothills

Noun

12962窮きゅう地ち

dilemma; predicament

Noun

12963共きょう栄えい

mutual prosperity

Noun

12964教おしえ子ご

one's student (esp. a former one); one's pupil; one's disciple

Noun

12965区く役やく所しょ

ward office; council (regional)

Noun

12966屈くっ指し

leading; foremost; preeminent; outstanding; one of the best

No-adjective

12967経へる

to pass; to elapse; to go by; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to undergo

Ichidan verb

12968茎くき

stalk; stem

Noun

12969欠けつ如じょ

lack; absence; shortage; deficiency; privation

Noun

12970結けっ党とう

formation of a (political) party

Noun

12971検けん閲えつ

censorship; inspection; examination

Noun

12972検けん挙きょ

arrest; roundup

Noun

12973見けん地ち

point of view; viewpoint; standpoint; field inspection (e.g. in architecture, building)

Noun

12974見けん物ぶつ

sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; spectator; viewer; onlooker

Noun

12975顕けん彰しょう

honouring (publicly); honoring; making someone's good deeds or achievements well-known

Noun

12976減げん免めん

reduction and exemption (e.g. taxes); mitigation and remission (e.g. in criminal law)

Noun

12977古こ都と

ancient city; former capital

Noun

12978呼こ応おう

hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); sympathizing (with); agreement; concord

Noun

12979誤ご算さん

miscalculation

Noun

12980公こう使し

envoy; diplomat below the rank of ambassador (e.g. deputy chief of mission, charge d'affaires); minister (of legation)

Noun

12981公司こんす

company (in China); firm

Noun

12982効こう用よう

use; utility; effect; benefit

Noun

12983更こう迭てつ

change (of personnel); reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet); shake-up; dismissal (e.g. of a minister); replacement

Noun

12984構かまう

to mind; to care about; to be concerned about; to have a regard for; to be an issue; to matter; to create inconvenience; to keep company; to care for; to look after; …

Godan verb

12985刻きざむ

to mince; to cut fine; to chop up; to hash; to shred; to carve; to engrave; to chisel; to notch; to tick away (time); …

Godan verb

12986査さ証しょう

visa; endorsing (e.g. a passport); stamping

Noun

12987在ざい外がい

overseas; abroad

Noun

12988在ざい職しょく

being in office; holding a position; employment; service