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ALL LEVELS・N1–N5

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N5 とし
year. A unit for the length of time. It is also used to mean a person's age. When counting years: いちねん・にねん・さんねん・よねん・ごねん…じゅうねん, and 「なんねん」. 4 is read 「よねん」.

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N5 図書館 としょかん
library. A place where one can read or borrow books.

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N1 途絶 とぜつ
Something that was continuing being completely cut off. Used in expressions such as 「連絡が途絶する」「補給路の途絶」. Used in written and formal language.

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N1 途絶える とだえる
Something that was continuing being cut off partway and disappearing. Used in expressions such as 「音信が途絶える」「伝統が途絶える」.

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N1 土壇場 どたんば
Originally referred to an execution ground built by piling up earth for beheading criminals in the Edo period. From this, the word came to mean a desperate situation in which something has been pushed to its final stage. Used as「土壇場で逆転する」(to turn things around at the last moment) or「土壇場に追い込まれる」(to be cornered).

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N4 途中 とちゅう
The middle point of doing or going somewhere. Example: 「学校へ行く途中」 (on the way to school).

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N5 どちら どちら
A polite way of saying 「どこ」 (where) or 「どっち」 (which). Asks about a direction or which of two things.

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N4 特急 とっきゅう
A train faster than an express, stopping at fewer stations.

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N1 とっさ とっさ
A very brief moment, only an instant. Used in expressions such as 「とっさの判断」「とっさに身をかわす」. Used for reflexive actions.

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N1 突如 とつじょ
A state of something happening suddenly without warning. Used in expressions such as 「突如現れる」「突如始まる」 in contexts of events occurring without prior signs. A formal adverb often used in newspapers, news, and literary writing.

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N1 どっしり どっしり
A state of having a sense of weight and stability, or an attitude that remains calm and unshaken. Used in expressions such as 「どっしり構える」「どっしりした椅子」.

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N5 どっち どっち
A casual way of saying 「どちら」.

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N1 突破口 とっぱこう
A chance or clue to break through a deadlocked situation. Used in expressions such as 「突破口を見いだす」「突破口となる」 in contexts indicating the first clue to overcome a difficult situation.

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N1 突飛 とっぴ
Departing from common sense and being very unusual. Used in expressions such as 「突飛な発想」「突飛な服装」. A somewhat formal word used as a na-adjective.

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N1 突拍子 とっぴょうし
Originally a musical term referring to a tone that suddenly breaks away from the standard pitch and rises sharply. From this, the word came to describe something so far from common sense as to be startlingly odd. It is not used on its own; it appears in the forms「突拍子もない」or「突拍子もないことを言う」(to say something outlandish).

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N3, N5 とても とても
very. A state where the degree of something is great.

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N4 届ける とどける
To carry something to a designated person or place.

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N1 滞る とどこおる
A verb meaning that something fails to progress smoothly and remains stuck partway. Used as in 「支払いが滞る」「業務が滞る」「家賃が滞る」 to describe situations where things that should flow or move forward become clogged and stop moving. It applies broadly to a range of subjects, including payments of money, the progress of work, and the flow of traffic or water. The meaning aligns with kanji compounds containing the same character 「滞」, such as 「停滞」 and 「滞納」.

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N1 とどのつまり とどのつまり
An adverb meaning 「after all」 or 「in the end」. A formal word used to indicate the result that settles after debate or developments.

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N5 どなた どなた
A polite way of saying 「だれ」.

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N5 となり
The seat, house, country, etc., right next to something. Example: 「隣の人」 (the person next door).

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N5 どの どの
A word for asking which one among several. Used before a noun, as in 「どの本」 (which book).

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N2, N5 飛ぶ とぶ
fly. To move through the sky using wings.

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N1 途方 とほう
Originally meant "method," "means," or "path one should take." Today it is rarely used alone and survives mainly in fixed expressions such as「途方に暮れる」(to lose one's way → to be at a loss what to do) and「途方もない」(off the ordinary path → extraordinarily large or absurd).

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N1 途方もない とほうもない
An idiomatic expression describing a state of being extraordinary beyond common sense. Used for objects whose scale, quantity, or amount of money is astonishingly large.

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N1 とぼける とぼける
Means to pretend not to know something you actually know. Used as in 「とぼけた顔」 and 「とぼけた答え」. In kanji it is written 「惚ける」, but it is generally written in hiragana. Note that 「惚ける」 can also be read 「ぼける」 (to grow dull-minded; to become blurred) or 「ほうける」 (to lose oneself in something, as in 「遊び惚ける」), with the meaning differing by reading.

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N4 泊まる とまる
To spend the night at a hotel or someone's home, etc.

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N3, N5 止まる とまる
For something that was moving to stop moving. Example: 「電車が止まる」 (a train stops).

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N1 ともすれば ともすれば
An adverb meaning 「somehow」 or 「if one is not careful」. Used to indicate situations that are prone to falling into undesirable tendencies.

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N5 友達 ともだち
friend. A person one gets along well with and spends time together with.

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N5 土曜日 どようび
Saturday. One of the days of the week. The day after Friday.

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N5 とり
bird. An animal that flies through the sky.

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N4 取り替える とりかえる
To change something one has for a different thing. Example:「電池を取り替える」(to replace a battery).

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N1 取り決め とりきめ
A promise or rule agreed upon and set by the parties involved through discussion. Used in expressions such as 「取り決めを守る」「両社間の取り決め」.

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N1 とりこ
A captive, or a person whose heart has been captured and become entranced. Used in expressions such as 「恋の虜」「美しさの虜になる」.

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N1 取り調べ とりしらべ
The police or prosecution questioning related parties to clarify the truth of a case. Used in expressions such as 「容疑者の取り調べ」.

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N1 取り繕う とりつくろう
Covering up a failure or unfavorable situation by patching it up as a stopgap. Used in expressions such as 「言い訳で取り繕う」.

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N1 取り留めない とりとめない
Lacking coherence and having no clear main point. Used in expressions such as 「取り留めない話」「取り留めない夢」.

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N1 とりなす とりなす
Stepping between people who are in conflict to reconcile them or to soften the atmosphere. Used in expressions such as 「喧嘩をとりなす」.

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N5 鶏肉 とりにく
Chicken meat. Also called 「チキン」.

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N1 取り計らう とりはからう
Handling matters in a way convenient for the other party. A polite word used in contexts of showing consideration or providing convenience. Used in expressions such as 「よろしく取り計らう」.

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N1 取り持つ とりもつ
Standing in the middle to improve the relationship between people or to settle a matter. Used in expressions such as 「仲を取り持つ」「縁を取り持つ」.

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N1 とりわけ とりわけ
An adverb meaning 「especially」 or 「among them, particularly」. Used to emphasize one item among several. A word favored in formal style.

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N3, N5 取る とる
take. To hold something with one's hand and bring it toward oneself. Example: 「新聞を取る」 (to get the newspaper).

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N5 撮る とる
To take a photo with a camera. Same reading as 「取る」, but used only for photos.

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N5 どれ どれ
A word for asking which one among three or more things. Example: 「どれがいいですか」 (which one is good?).

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N1 徒労 とろう
Effort being made but no results obtained, ending in waste. Used in expressions such as 「徒労に終わる」. A formal word used in negative contexts.

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N4 泥棒 どろぼう
thief. A bad person who secretly steals other people's things.

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N5 どんな どんな
What kind of. Used before a noun, as in 「どんな人」 (what kind of person).

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N1 どんより どんより
A state in which the sky is cloudy, dark, and oppressive, or a mood or expression that is sunken and lacking vitality. Used in expressions such as 「どんよりした空」「どんよりした目」.

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