Nihongo Nihongo
Basic Japanese Phrases – Part 14
Japanese Phrases for Beginners
| Kanji | Hiragana/ Katakana | Meaning |
| 知人 | ちじん | friend, acquaintance |
| 知合い | しりあい | acquaintance |
| 短所 | たんしょ | (1) defect, demerit, weak point, (2) disadvantage |
| 短期 | たんき | short term |
| 短編 | たんぺん | short (e.g. story, film) |
| 石鹸 | せっけん | soap |
| 研修 | けんしゅう | training |
| 砕く | くだく | to break, to smash |
| 砕ける | くだける | to break, to be broken |
| 破く | やぶく | to tear; to rip |
| 破れる | やぶれる | to get torn, to wear out |
| 破片 | はへん | fragment, splinter, broken piece |
| 碁 | ご | Go (board game of capturing territory) |
| 碗 | わん | bowl |
| 確率 | かくりつ | probability |
| 磁石 | じしゃく | magnet |
| 社会科学 | しゃかいかがく | social science |
| 社説 | しゃせつ | editorial, leading article |
| 祖先 | そせん | ancestor |
| 祝日 | しゅくじつ | national holiday |
| 神様 | かみさま | god |
| 神話 | しんわ | myth, legend |
| 祭る | まつる | to deify, to enshrine |
| 祭日 | さいじつ | national holiday, festival day |
| 私立 | しりつ | private (establishment) |
| 私鉄 | してつ | private railway |
| 秤 | はかり | scales, weighing machine |
| 移転 | いてん | moving, transfer, demise |
| 稀 | まれ | rare, seldom |
| 稽古 | けいこ | practice, training, study |
| 積む | つむ | to pile up, to stack |
| 空っぽ | からっぽ | empty, vacant, hollow |
| 空中 | くうちゅう | sky, air |
| 空想 | くうそう | daydream, fantasy, fancy, vision |
| 突き当たり | つきあたり | end (e.g. of street) |
| 突き当たる | つきあたる | to run into, to collide with |
| 突く | つく | (1) to thrust, to strike, (2) to poke |
| 突っ込む | つっこむ | to plunge into, to go into deeply |
| 窓口 | まどぐち | ticket window |
| 立 | たいりつ | confrontation, opposition, antagonism |
| 立ち止まる | たちどまる | to stop, to halt, to stand still |
| 童話 | どうわ | fairy tale |
| 競馬 | けいば | horse racing |
| 竹 | たけ | bamboo, middle (of a three-tier ranking system) |
| 符号 | ふごう | sign, mark, symbol |
| 筆者 | ひっしゃ | writer, author |
| 筆記 | ひっき | (taking) notes, copying |
| 等分 | とうぶん | division into equal parts |
| 箒 | ほうき | (n) broom |
| 算数 | さんすう | arithmetic |
| 算盤 | そろばん | abacus |
| 箸 | はし | chopsticks |
| 粒 | つぶ | grain |
| 粗い | あらい | coarse, rough |
| 糊 | のり | paste, starch |
| 系統 | けいとう | system, family line, geological formation |
| 紅葉 | こうよう | (1) (Japanese) maple |
| 紅葉 | もみじ | (1) (Japanese) maple |
| 納める | おさめる | to obtain, to reap, to pay, to supply, to accept |
| 純情 | じゅんじょう | pure heart, naivete, self-sacrificing devotion |
| 純粋 | じゅんすい | pure, true, genuine, unmixed |
| 紙屑 | かみくず | wastepaper |
| 紙幣 | しへい | paper money, notes, bills |
| 素人 | しろうと | amateur, novice |
| 素直 | すなお | obedient, meek, docile, unaffected |
| 素質 | そしつ | character, qualities, genius |
| 索引 | さくいん | index, indices |
| 紫 | むらさき | purple colour, violet |
| 紺 | こん | navy blue, deep blue |
| 終了 | しゅうりょう | end, close, termination |
| 終点 | しゅうてん | terminus, last stop (e.g train) |
| 組み立てる | くみたてる | to assemble, to set up, to construct |
| 組合せ | くみあわせ | combination |
| 経度 | けいど | longitude |
| 絞る | しぼる | to press, to wring, to squeeze |
| 給与 | きゅうよ | allowance, grant, supply |
| 統一 | とういつ | unity, consolidation, uniformity |
| 統計 | とうけい | scattering, a scatter, dispersion |
| 絵の具 | えのぐ | colors, paints |
| 絶えず | たえず | constantly |
| 継続 | けいぞく | continuation |
| 続々 | ぞくぞく | successively, one after another |
| 綱 | つな | rope |
| 総理大臣 | そうりだいじん | Prime Minister |
| 線路 | せんろ | line, track, roadbed |
| 締め切る | しめきる | to shut up |
| 締切 | しめきり | closing, cut-off, end, deadline, Closed, No Entrance |
| 編む | あむ | to knit |
| 編集 | へんしゅう | editing, compilation, editorial (e.g. committee) |
| 緩い | ゆるい | loose, lenient, slow |
| 緯度 | いど | latitude (nav.) |
| 縛る | しばる | to tie, to bind |
| 縞 | しま | stripe |
| 縫う | ぬう | to sew |
| 縮む | ちぢむ | to shrink, to be contracted |
| 縮める | ちぢめる | to shorten, to reduce, to boil down, to shrink |
| 縮れる | ちぢれる | to be wavy, to be curled |
| 縮小 | しゅくしょう | reduction, curtailment |
| 繋がり | つながり | connection, link, relationship |
| 繋がる | つながる | to be tied together, to be connected to, to be related to |
| 繋げる | つなげる | to connect |
| 纏まる | まとまる | to be collected, to be settled, to be in order |
| 纏める | まとめる | to put in order, to collect, to bring to a conclusion |
| 缶詰 | かんづめ | packing (in cans), canning, canned goods, tin can |
| 羊毛 | ようもう | wool |
| 美容 | びよう | beauty of figure or form |
| 群れ | むれ | group, crowd, flock, herd |
| 羨ましい | うらやましい | envious, enviable |
| 羨む | うらやむ | to envy |
| 羽根 | はね | shuttlecock |
| 習字 | しゅうじ | penmanship |
| 耕す | たがやす | to till, to plow, to cultivate |
| 耕地 | こうち | arable land |
| 職人 | しょくにん | worker, mechanic, artisan, craftsman |
| 肌着 | はだぎ | underwear |
| 肘 | ひじ | elbow |
| 肯定 | こうてい | positive, affirmation |
| 育児 | いくじ | childcare, nursing, upbringing |
| 背負う | せおう | to be burdened with, to carry on back or shoulder |
| 胡椒 | こしょう | pepper |
| 能率 | のうりつ | efficiency |
| 脂 | あぶら | fat, tallow, lard |
| 脱線 | だっせん | derailment, digression |
| 腰掛け | こしかけ | seat, bench |
| 腰掛ける | こしかける | to sit (down) |
| 膨らます | ふくらます | to swell, to expand, to inflate, to bulge |
| 膨らむ | ふくらむ | to expand, to swell (out), to get big, to become inflated |
| 膨大 | ぼうだい | huge, bulky, enormous, extensive, swelling, expansion |
| 臨時 | りんじ | temporary, special, extraordinary |
| 自治 | じち | self-government, autonomy |
| 自然科学 | しぜんかがく | natural science |
| 自習 | じしゅう | self-study |
| 自衛 | じえい | self-defense |
| 至急 | しきゅう | urgent, pressing |
| 船便 | ふなびん | surface mail (ship) |
| 艶 | つや | gloss, glaze |
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