Most common Japanese words

underhand grip (e.g. in gymnastics, etc.); cross-handed grip (e.g. in golf, etc.); using one's hands backwards from their conventional positioning; reverse grip (e.g. of a sword); turning the tables (on an opponent); reverse arm-lock (in judo); joint lock

Noun

16517書しょ記き官かん

secretary

Noun

16518専せん守しゅ防ぼう衛えい

nonaggressive defense (policy) (defence)

Noun

16519訪ほう欧おう

visit to Europe; visiting Europe

Noun

16520新しん生せい児じ

newborn baby

Noun

16521微び動どう

slight movement; slight tremor; quiver

Noun

16522門もん前ぜん

before the gate; in front of the gate

Noun

16523一人ひとりっ子こ

(an) only child

Noun

16524水すい系けい

water system; river system; drainage system

Noun

16525水すい量りょう

quantity or volume of water

Noun

16526場じょう外がい

outside the hall (or stadium, market, etc.); off the grounds; off the premises; off-track

Noun

16527連れん名めい

joint signature

Noun

16528鳥ちょう獣じゅう

birds and wild animals; wildlife

Noun

16529初しょ年ねん

first year; early years (of a reign or era)

Noun

16530聞きき書がき

writing down what one hears; account of what one hears

Noun

16531陸りく海かい

land and sea; army and navy

Noun

16532追おい上あげる

to gain on; to put pressure on; to close in on

Ichidan verb

16533装よそおい

dress; outfit; equipment; makeup; adornment; guise; get-up

Noun

16534飛ひ車しゃ

rook; hisha

Noun

16535引ひき伸のばし

extension; prolongation; enlargement (e.g. of a photograph)

Noun

16536年ねん商しょう

yearly (annual) turnover

Noun

16537働はたらかせる

to put someone to work; to make someone work; to use; to apply; to exert; to exercise (restraint, one's imagination, one's brain, etc.)

Ichidan verb

16538検けん視し

examination of a body to determine if a crime has been committed; investigation (e.g. of a crime scene)

Noun

16539集つどう

to meet; to assemble; to congregate

Godan verb

16540難なん聴ちょう

hardness of hearing; bradyacusia; deafness; hearing loss; having poor reception (radio, etc.)

Noun

16541達磨だるま

daruma; tumbling doll; round, red-painted good-luck doll in the shape of Bodhidharma, with a blank eye to be completed when a person's wish is granted; Bodhidharma; prostitute

Noun

16542梯子はしご

ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)

Noun

16543アスファルト

asphalt

Noun

16544鬘かつら

wig; hairpiece; toupee

Noun

16545ゲームセンター

game arcade; video arcade; penny arcade

Noun

16546コンゴ

Congo

Noun

16547ゴシップ

gossip

Noun

16548ストリップ

strip show; striptease; stripping; removing one's clothes; strip (e.g. of wood)

Noun

16549スライダー

slider; slider (e.g. volume control); slide (e.g. water slide, playground slide); slider (of a zipper); slider (sandwich)

Noun

16550スーパースター

superstar

Noun

16551ズーム

zoom

Noun

16552断だんトツ

far and away the best; the very best; cream of the crop; crème de la crème; decisive lead; commanding lead

Noun

16553トイレットペーパー

toilet paper; lavatory paper

Noun

16554トラクター

tractor

Noun

16555バタフライ

butterfly (swimming stroke); G-string; gee-string

Noun

16556バルコニー

balcony

Noun

16557パレット

palette

Noun

16558パーキング

parking

Noun

16559フェロモン

pheromone

Noun

16560フュージョン

fusion

Noun

16561フランチャイズ

franchise

Noun

16562マネキン

mannequin

Noun

16563メッセ

trade fair; exhibition center

Noun

16564リラ

lilac (Syringa vulgaris)

Noun

16565三さん角かく形けい

triangle

Noun

16566体てい裁さい

(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; style; appearances; decency; show; display; lip-service; insincere words; …

Noun

16567俗ぞく

layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; man of the world; the world; local manners; modern customs; common; popular; vulgar; low

Noun

16568共きょう鳴めい

resonance; sympathy (with a view, idea, etc.)

Noun

16569切きり捨すて

cutting a person down (without a second thought); sacrificing; throwing to the wolves; treating as sword fodder; omission; rounding down (e.g. fractions); truncation

Noun

16570刑けい罰ばつ

(criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence

Noun

16571助すけっ人と

helper; supporter; second; backer; foreign player (hired to strengthen a team)

Noun

16572効こう能のう

effect; effectiveness; efficacy; virtue; benefit

Noun

16573命めいじる

to order; to command; to appoint

Ichidan verb

16574寝ね不ぶ足そく

lack of sleep; insufficient sleep

Na-adjective

16575平へい方ほうメートル

square metre; square meter

Noun

16576延のべ

futures; credit (buying); stretching; total (preceding counter, unit, etc.); aggregate; gross

Noun

16577強きょう敵てき

formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy

Noun

16578斬きる

to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)

Godan verb

16579極きわめる

to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the limits of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)

Ichidan verb

16580無ぶ礼れい

rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence

Noun

16581煙えん突とつ

chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); stovepipe

Noun

16582物ぶっ販ぱん

sale of goods (as opposed to services)

Noun

16583独どく学がく

self-education; self-instruction; self-study