To pass a time or place. Example: 「えきを過ぎる」 (to pass a station). Also used to mean an excessive degree, as in 「食べ過ぎる」 (to eat too much).
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N4, N5すぐすぐ
immediately. A state of something happening without delay. Example: 「すぐ来ます」 (I'll come right away).
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N4少ないすくない
A state where a number or amount is small. The antonym is 「多い」 (many).
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N4凄いすごい
A state where the degree of something is very great. Used both positively and negatively. Example: 「凄いあめ」 (tremendous rain).
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N4進むすすむ
To move forward. Also used to mean study or work progressing.
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N4捨てるすてる
To throw away something unneeded as trash. Example: 「ごみを捨てる」 (to throw away trash).
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N4砂すな
sand. Fine grains found at the beach, desert, etc.
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N4素晴らしいすばらしい
A wonderful state. So good as to be moving.
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N4隅すみ
corner. The edge of a room or place.
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N4済むすむ
For something to end. Example: 「しごとが済む」 (work is finished). Also used in the form 「〜ないで済む」, meaning one doesn't have to do something.
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N3〜N5するする
To do a certain thing. Example: 「べんきょうする」 (to study), 「しごとをする」 (to work).
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N4正解せいかい
The correct answer.
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N4生活せいかつ
life. To live day to day, eating, sleeping, working, etc.
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N4生産せいさん
To create things. Used as in 「工場で品物を生産する」 (to produce goods at a factory).
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N4政治せいじ
To decide and carry out how a country or town should be governed.
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N4西洋せいよう
Countries of Europe and America. The antonym is 「東洋」 (the East/Asia).
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N4世界せかい
world. The whole earth, all countries and people.
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N4席せき
seat. A place to sit. In the form 「〜席」 it is also used as a word for counting seats.
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N4説明せつめい
To explain something in detail so it can be understood.
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N4背中せなか
back. The back side of the body, from the waist to the shoulders.
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N4背広せびろ
A set of jacket and trousers worn by men for work.
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N4線せん
line. A long, thin, continuous mark.
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N4全然ぜんぜん
Followed by a negative, an intensifying word meaning "not at all." Example: 「全然わからない」 (I don't understand at all).
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N4戦争せんそう
war. Countries fighting each other using weapons.
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N4先輩せんぱい
A person who entered a school or company before oneself. The antonym is 「後輩」 (junior).
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N2, N4専門せんもん
To study or research one thing deeply. Example: 「専門は経済です」 (my specialty is economics).
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N2, N4相談そうだん
To discuss a troubling matter or something one wants to decide, with another person.
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N2, N4育てるそだてる
To raise a child, animal, or plant, etc., to grow.
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N2, N4卒業そつぎょう
To finish all of one's studies at a school. The antonym is 「入学」 (enrollment).
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N4祖父そふ
One's father's or mother's father. Grandfather.
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N4祖母そぼ
One's father's or mother's mother. Grandmother.
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N4退院たいいん
To leave the hospital after an illness or injury has healed. The antonym is 「入院」 (hospitalization).
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N4大学生だいがくせい
university student. A student studying at a university.
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N2, N4大事だいじ
A state of being very important. Example: 「お体を大事にしてください」 (please take care of yourself).
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N4大体だいたい
roughly. Not in detail, approximately.
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N4大分だいぶ
considerably. Quite a lot, more than expected. It is usually written in hiragana as 「だいぶ」.
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N4台風たいふう
typhoon. A large storm accompanied by strong wind and rain.
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N4, N5大変たいへん
A state of something being very difficult or hard. Example: 「大変な仕事」 (a difficult job). Also used to mean "very."
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N4倒れるたおれる
For something standing to fall over. Example: 「木が倒れる」 (a tree falls). Also used to mean becoming unable to move due to illness.
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N2, N4確かたしか
A state of being certain. Also used to express that one doesn't remember clearly but thinks it's probably so. Example: 「確か明日だったと思う」 (I think it was probably tomorrow).
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N4, N5足すたす
To increase a number, to add. Example: 「1に2を足す」 (to add 2 to 1).
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N4訪ねるたずねる
To go visit a person's home or a place. Example: 「友達の家を訪ねる」 (to visit a friend's house). Distinguished in writing from the homophone 「尋ねる」 (to ask someone about something one doesn't know), and others.
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N4尋ねるたずねる
To ask a person about something one doesn't know. Example: 「道を尋ねる」 (to ask for directions). 「訪ねる」 means to go, while 「尋ねる」 means to ask; the meanings differ.
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N3〜N5正しいただしい
A state of having no mistakes. Fitting the rules. The antonym is 「間違っている」 (mistaken).
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N4畳たたみ
A mat made of straw, laid on the floor of a Japanese room.
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N2〜N4立てるたてる
To place something upright. Example: 「かんばんを立てる」 (to put up a sign). Also used to mean making a plan, as in 「よていを立てる」 (to make a schedule). Distinguished in writing from the homophone 「建てる」 (to build a house or building), and others.
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N3, N4建てるたてる
To construct a house or building, etc. Example: 「家を建てる」 (to build a house). Distinguished in writing from the homophone 「立てる」 (to place something upright; to make a plan), and others.
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N4例えばたとえば
for example. A word used when giving a specific example to explain something.
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N4棚たな
shelf. A platform made of a board, for placing things on.
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N4楽しみたのしみ
To look forward to something that will happen, with a happy feeling. Example: 「旅行が楽しみだ」 (looking forward to the trip).