Most common Japanese words

course (of a road, moving object, etc.); way; route; path; road; course (of events, action, etc.); direction (e.g. an argument is heading in); process; reasoning; logic; …

Noun

7931南なん極きょく

South Pole; the Antarctic; Antarctica

Noun

7932難なん問もん

perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem

Noun

7933肉にく親しん

blood relationship; blood relative

Noun

7934熱ねつ意い

zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour

Noun

7935熱ねっ気き

heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fervour; fervor; heated atmosphere; fever

Noun

7936年ねん次じ

annual; yearly; year (e.g. of graduation, joining a company); nth year (student, employee, etc.)

Prenominal

7937年ねん俸ぽう

annual salary

Noun

7938年とし明あけ

beginning of the year; early in the New Year

Noun

7939粘ねばり

stickiness; viscosity; tenacity; persistence

Noun

7940能のう楽がく

noh play

Noun

7941排はい水すい

drainage; draining; pumping out (water); sewerage; displacement

Noun

7942配はい給きゅう

distribution (e.g. films, rice); rationing (e.g. food, gasoline); food ration

Noun

7943発はっ効こう

coming into effect

Noun

7944発ほっ端たん

origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning

Noun

7945発はっ砲ぽう

firing; discharge of gun

Noun

7946反はん戦せん

anti-war

No-adjective

7947批ひ評ひょう

criticism; critique; review; commentary

Noun

7948非ひ公こう開かい

private; non-public; secret; closed-door; closed

No-adjective

7949飛ひ躍やく

leap; jump; stepping out into the wider world; becoming active on a wider stage; playing an active part (in); rapid progress; dramatic development; making great strides; making a leap forward; leap (of logic); …

Noun

7950備び蓄ちく

stocking up (in case of emergency); stockpile; reserves; storing; laying in (supplies)

Noun

7951標ひょう高こう

elevation; height above sea level

Noun

7952苗なえ

seedling; young plant; rice seedling

Noun

7953不ふ調ちょう

bad condition; poor condition; disorder; slump; being out of form; failure; rupture; breakdown (e.g. of negotiations)

Noun

7954赴ふ任にん

moving to a different location to start a new job; (proceeding to) new appointment

Noun

7955部ぶ数すう

number of copies; circulation

Noun

7956部ぶ内ない

the staff; inside the department

Noun

7957風ふう速そく

wind speed

Noun

7958風ふう潮ちょう

tide; current; tendency; trend

Noun

7959復ふっ権けん

rehabilitation; reinstatement; restoration of rights

Noun

7960文も字じ通どおり

literally; to the letter; literal

Adverb

7961文もん部ぶ

Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (1871-2001)

Noun

7962併へい殺さつ

double play

Noun

7963兵へい力りょく

military force; force of arms; strength of an army

Noun

7964平へい安あん

peace; tranquility; tranquillity

Noun

7965歩ほ調ちょう

pace; step; cadence

Noun

7966抱ほう負ふ

aspiration; ambition; plan; hopes; wishes

Noun

7967放ほう火か

arson; setting fire

Noun

7968北ほく西せい

northwest

Noun

7969本ほん位い

standard; basis; principle

Noun

7970本ほん紙し

main section (of a newspaper); central column; this newspaper; our paper

Noun

7971埋うめる

to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to bridge (a difference, a gap); to fill (a seat, a vacant position); to fill out (a form, a sheet); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends; …

Ichidan verb

7972満まん員いん

full house; no vacancy; sold out; standing room only; full (of people); crowded

Noun

7973密みつ輸ゆ

smuggling; contraband trade

Noun

7974名めい門もん

distinguished family; famous family; noble family; prestigious organization (company, school, etc.)

Noun

7975黙だまる

to be silent; to say nothing

Godan verb

7976野や鳥ちょう

wild bird

Noun

7977優ゆう良りょう

superior; excellent; fine

Na-adjective

7978猶ゆう予よ

postponement; deferment; extension (of time); hesitation; delaying; dawdling; suspended sentence

Noun

7979誘ゆう致ち

attraction; lure; invitation

Noun

7980予よ知ち

foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction

Noun

7981様よう式しき

style; form; pattern

Noun

7982浴あびる

to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to bathe in; to be flooded with (e.g. light); to be covered in; to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon; to be showered with

Ichidan verb

7983利り子し

interest (on a deposit, loan, etc.)

Noun

7984理り科か

science (natural sciences and related fields, incl. mathematics, engineering, medicine, etc.); faculties of science, engineering, medicine, etc. (at a university); science (as a school subject)

Noun

7985流りゅう血けつ

bloodshed

Noun

7986料りょう亭てい

ryotei; traditional Japanese restaurant (esp. a luxurious one)

Noun

7987療りょう養よう

recuperation; medical treatment

Noun

7988厘りん

one-hundredth; 0.3 mm (one-hundredth of a sun); 0.1 percent (one-hundredth of a wari); 0.0375 grams (one-hundredth of a monme)