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観光

観光 かんこう sightseeing

光

光 ひかり light

光る

光る ひかる to shine; to glitter; to be bright

首

首 くび neck; head; dismissal; discharge; firing (from a job)

首都

首都 しゅと capital city; metropolis

勝手

勝手 かって one's own convenience; one's way; convenience or ease of use; knowledge of how to use; circumstances; situation (e.g. financial); environment;

優勝

優勝 ゆうしょう overall victory; championship

勝つ

勝つ かつ to win; to gain victory

勝る

勝る まさる to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to have an edge; to be superior; to outrival; to outweigh; to preponderate

必死

必死 ひっし frantic; desperate; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)

必ず

必ず かならず always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively; invariably

係

係 かかり charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk; connection; linking

係る

係る かかる to be the work of; to be the result of; to be done by; to concern; to affect; to involve; to relate to

由緒

由緒 ゆいしょ history; pedigree; lineage

理由

理由 りゆう reason; pretext; motive

経由

経由 けいゆ through; by way of; via; to go via; to go by way of

由

由 よし reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that...

愛情

愛情 あいじょう love; affection

愛しい

愛しい いとしい lovely; dear; beloved; darling

都市

都市 とし town; city; municipal; urban

都

都 みやこ capital; metropolis

放つ

放つ はなつ to fire (e.g. an arrow); to hit (e.g. baseball); to break wind; to free; to release; to give off (e.g. a scent); to emit (e.g. light)

民放

民放 みんぽう commercial broadcast

確認

確認 かくにん confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation; identification

確かめる

確かめる たしかめる to ascertain; to check; to make sure

過ごす

過ごす すごす to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); to take care of; to support; to overdo; to do too much;

過ち

過ち あやまち fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas

約束

約束 やくそく promise; agreement; arrangement; one's word; contract; pact; appointment; engagement; date; convention; rule; destiny; fate

馬

馬 うま horse; horse racing; promoted bishop

競馬

競馬 けいば horse racing

状況

状況 じょうきょう state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances

愛想

愛想 あいそ civility; courtesy; compliments; sociability; graces

警官

警官 けいかん police officer; policeman; constable

交わす

交わす かわす to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; to interlace; ... with one another; ... to each other

交通

交通 こうつう traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse

交わる

交わる まじわる to cross; to intersect; to join; to meet; to associate with; to mingle with; to consort with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate

精米

精米 せいまい rice polishing; polished rice

米国

米国 べいこく America; USA

米

米 こめ (husked grains of) rice; 88 years old

支配

支配 しはい domination; rule; control; direction; guidance

配る

配る くばる to distribute; to deliver; to deal (cards)

若しくは

若しくは もしくは or; otherwise

若干

若干 じゃっかん some; few; a number of; a little (bit); somewhat; to a certain extent; many; a lot

老若

老若 ろうにゃく young and old; all ages

若年

若年 じゃくねん youth

若い

若い わかい young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small

資料

資料 しりょう materials; data; document

常に

常に つねに always; constantly

非常

非常 ひじょう emergency; extraordinary; unusual

果たして

果たして はたして as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; as a result; really? (in questions); ever?

効果

効果 こうか effect; effectiveness; efficacy; result; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)

因果

因果 いんが cause and effect; karma; fate

呼吸

呼吸 こきゅう breathing; respiration; knack; trick; secret (of doing something); harmony; balance; synchronization; accord; short interval; short pause

呼ぶ

呼ぶ よぶ to call out (to); to call; to invoke; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to brand; to garner (support, etc.);

共に

共に ともに together; jointly; at the same time; with; as ...; including; along with; both

共通

共通 きょうつう commonness; community; to be common; to be shared; -wide

残念

残念 ざんねん deplorable; bad luck; regret; disappointment

残す

残す のこす to leave (behind, over); to bequeath; to save; to reserve

裁判

裁判 さいばん trial; judgement; judgment

判断

判断 はんだん judgment; judgement; decision; conclusion; adjudication; divination; judgement

審判

審判 しんぱん refereeing; trial; judgement; judgment; umpire; referee

役割

役割 やくわり part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties

現役

現役 げんえき active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try

他

他 ほか other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but; nothing apart from; nothing aside from; no choice (but to); besides...; in addition to...

他人

他人 たにん another person; other people; others; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger

技術

技術 ぎじゅつ technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft

支える

支える ささえる to support; to prop; to sustain; to underlay; to hold up; to hold at bay; to stem; to check

差し支え

差し支え さしつかえ hindrance; impediment

乗る

乗る のる to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to board; to take; to embark; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to jump on; to sit on; to mount;

乗客

乗客 じょうきゃく passenger

乗組員

乗組員 のりくみいん crew

済む

済む すむ to finish; to end; to be completed; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry

返済

返済 へんさい repayment; reimbursement; refund; redemption

供

供 とも companion; follower; attendant; retinue

供給

供給 きょうきゅう supply; provision

供物

供物 くもつ offering

子供

子供 こども child; children

供える

供える そなえる to offer; to sacrifice; to dedicate

格子

格子 こうし lattice; latticework; window bars; grid; grating

性格

性格 せいかく character; personality; disposition; nature

打撃

打撃 だげき blow; shock; strike; damage; batting

打つ

打つ うつ to hit; to strike; to knock; to beat; to punch; to slap; to tap; to bang; to clap; to pound; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (a drum, etc.); to beat

御所

御所 ごしょ old imperial palace

制御

制御 せいぎょ control; governing; checking; suppression; repression; restraint; mastery; management

断る

断る ことわる to refuse; to reject; to dismiss; to turn down; to decline; to inform; to give notice; to tell in advance; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)

教師

教師 きょうし teacher (classroom)

報告

報告 ほうこく report; information

告げる

告げる つげる to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark

深刻

深刻 しんこく serious; severe; grave; acute

深い

深い ふかい deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong; late

存在

存在 そんざい existence; being

保存

保存 ほぞん preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk); maintenance

争い

争い あらそい dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry; contest

覚める

覚める さめる to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to regain consciousness (e.g. after anaesthesia); to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned

感覚

感覚 かんかく sense; sensation; feeling; intuition

目覚める

目覚める めざめる to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to become conscious of; to realize; to come to one's senses

覚える

覚える おぼえる to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember; to learn; to pick up; to acquire; to feel; to think; to regard

覚書

覚書 おぼえがき memo; memorandum; note; memorial; protocol

側近

側近 そっきん close associate; close aide; brains-truster

側面

側面 そくめん side; flank; aspect; dimension; profile; sidelight; lateral

飛行機

飛行機 ひこうき aeroplane; airplane; aircraft

飛び出す

飛び出す とびだす to jump out; to rush out; to fly out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in

参る

参る まいる to go; to come; to call; to be defeated; to collapse; to die; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed; to be madly in love; to visit (shrine, grave)

突っ込む

突っ込む つっこむ to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to go into deeply; to get involved with; to meddle; to poke one's nose into; to riposte; to retort; to quip

突然

突然 とつぜん abrupt; sudden; unexpected; all at once

突破

突破 とっぱ breaking through; breakthrough; penetration

教育

教育 きょういく training; education

育つ

育つ そだつ to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)

構う

構う かまう to mind; to care about; to be concerned about; to care for; to look after; to prepare for; to interfere with; to meddle in; to tease

構成

構成 こうせい organization; organisation; configuration; composition

認める

認める みとめる to recognize; to recognise; to observe; to notice; to deem; to judge; to assess; to approve; to deem acceptable; to allow; to admit; to accept;

発達

発達 はったつ development; growth

達する

達する たっする to reach; to get to; to arrive at

守る

守る まもる to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe; to obey; to follow

守備

守備 しゅび defense; defence

留守

留守 るす absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting

子守

子守 こもり nursemaid; nanny; babysitter; child-minding; babysitting

守

守 まもり protection; defense; defence; providence; amulet; charm; talisman

不満

不満 ふまん dissatisfaction; displeasure; discontent; complaints; unhappiness; disgruntled

満たす

満たす みたす to satisfy; to fulfill; to appease; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to reach (a certain number)

消印

消印 けしいん postmark; (postal) cancellation mark

消費

消費 しょうひ consumption; expenditure

消す

消す けす to erase; to delete; to cross out; to turn off power; to extinguish; to put out; to bump off

消える

消える きえる to go out; to vanish; to disappear

責任

責任 せきにん duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus

任せる

任せる まかせる to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue

同居

同居 どうきょ coexistence; living together

皇居

皇居 こうぎょ Imperial Palace (of Japan); imperial residence

芝居

芝居 しばい play; drama

山路

山路 やまじ mountain path

座席

座席 ざせき seat

座る

座る すわる to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still

旅客

旅客 りょかく passenger (transport)

観客

観客 かんきゃく audience; spectator; spectators

客観

客観 きゃっかん objectivity; objective; object (philosophical)

船

船 ふね ship; boat; watercraft; vessel; steamship; tank; tub; vat; trough; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)

造船

造船 ぞうせん shipbuilding

船橋

船橋 ふなばし pontoon bridge; temporary bridge made using ships; bridge (of a ship)

追加

追加 ついか addition; supplement; append (e.g. to a file); appendix

追う

追う おう to chase; to run after; to pursue; to follow (i.e. a set order, a trend); to drive out; to oust; to expel; to drive (i.e. a herd); (in passive voice) to be pressed (for time, etc.)

背く

背く そむく to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe

背景

背景 はいけい background; scenery; backdrop; setting; circumstance; context; backing; support (from behind the scenes)

背

背 せ height; stature; back; spine; reverse; rear side; ridge (of a mountain)

誰

誰 だれ who

消息

消息 しょうそく news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements

息

息 いき breath; breathing; tone; mood

失敗

失敗 しっぱい failure; mistake; blunder

失業

失業 しつぎょう unemployment

失う

失う うしなう to lose; to part with

老人

老人 ろうじん the aged; old person

老い

老い おい old age; old person; the old; the aged

良い

良い よい good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable; sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer); ready; prepared; profitable (e.g. deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial; OK

改良

改良 かいりょう improvement; reform

指示

指示 しじ indication; instruction; designation; directions

示唆

示唆 しさ suggestion; hint; implication

示す

示す しめす to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to tell; to exemplify; to make apparent; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show; to represent; to signify; to display

番号

番号 ばんごう number; series of digits

職業

職業 しょくぎょう occupation; business

王様

王様 おうさま king

親王

親王 しんのう prince of royal blood; Imperial prince

意識

意識 いしき consciousness; awareness; sense; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)

警察

警察 けいさつ police; police officer; police station

優しい

優しい やさしい tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable

優れる

優れる すぐれる to surpass; to outstrip; to excel

投げる

投げる なげる to throw; to cast away; to face defeat; to give up

投資

投資 とうし investment

結局

結局 けっきょく after all; eventually; in the end; conclusion; end; ending of a game of Go

許し難い

許し難い ゆるしがたい hard-to-forgive; intolerable; inexcusable; unpardonable

困難

困難 こんなん difficulty; distress

難しい

難しい むずかしい difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.); fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please;

一粒種

一粒種 ひとつぶだね an only child

種類

種類 しゅるい variety; kind; type; category; counter for different sorts of things

種

種 たね seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; kind; variety; quality; tone; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); subject; theme; ingredient; leaven (bread); sperm; semen

記念

記念 きねん commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory

寄付

寄付 きふ contribution; donation

寄せる

寄せる よせる to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to collect; to gather; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter);

商い

商い あきない trade; business; trading; dealing

商品

商品 しょうひん commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise

被害

被害 ひがい (suffering) damage; injury; harm

頼む

頼む たのむ to request; to beg; to ask; to call; to order; to reserve; to entrust to; to rely on

頼る

頼る たよる to rely on; to have recourse to; to depend on

横

横 よこ horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; breadth; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside; next to; unconnected

横断

横断 おうだん crossing; transverse

増える

増える ふえる to increase; to multiply

増加

増加 ぞうか increase; increment; addition

増す

増す ます to increase; to grow

差別

差別 さべつ discrimination; distinction; differentiation

日差し

日差し ひざし sunlight; rays of the sun

苦しい

苦しい くるしい painful; difficult; agonizing; needy; tight (budget); straitened (circumstances); forced (smile, joke); lame (excuse); strained (interpretation); awkward (situation);

苦労

苦労 くろう troubles; hardships

苦手

苦手 にがて poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); dislike (of); difficult to deal with

収入

収入 しゅうにゅう income; receipts; revenue

収める

収める おさめる to dedicate; to make an offering; to pay (fees); to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place); to achieve (e.g. a result)

階段

階段 かいだん stairs; stairway; staircase

俺

俺 おれ I; me

譲渡

譲渡 じょうと transfer; assignment; conveyance

渡す

渡す わたす to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to traverse; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in; to pass; to give; to transfer

与える

与える あたえる to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to grant; to confer; to present; to award; to provide; to afford; to offer; to supply; to assign;

給与

給与 きゅうよ pay; salary; wages; allowance; grant; supply

演奏

演奏 えんそう musical performance