read. To look at characters and grasp their meaning.
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N5夜よる
night. The time when the sun has set.
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N3, N5弱いよわい
A state where strength is small. The antonym is 「強い」 (strong).
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N5来月らいげつ
The month after this month.
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N5来週らいしゅう
The week after this week.
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N5来年らいねん
The year after this year.
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N3楽らく
A state with no suffering or burden. Example: 「楽な仕事」 (an easy job), 「体が楽になる」 (to feel physically at ease). Also used to mean something is simple/easy, as in 「この問題は楽だ」 (this problem is easy).
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N2落差らくさ
The difference in height that water or the like falls; also, a large gap between two things.
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N2楽観らっかん
To think positively that things will go well.
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N3乱暴らんぼう
Being rough and lacking care. Example: 「物を乱暴に扱う」 (to handle things roughly). Also used to mean using violence against a person.
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N2乱用らんよう
To use a right, power, or the like carelessly or excessively.
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N2, N3理解りかい
understanding. Correctly grasping the meaning or content of something. Example: 「話を理解する」 (to understand what someone is saying). Also used to mean being considerate of another person's feelings, as in 「理解のある上司」 (an understanding boss).
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N3陸りく
The part of the earth's surface that is not sea. Example: 「陸に上がる」 (to come ashore). The antonym is 「海」 (sea).
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N2理屈りくつ
The logic of a matter; also, a forced or far-fetched reason.
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N3離婚りこん
divorce. Two married people formally ending their marriage. The antonym is 「結婚」 (marriage).
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N2利点りてん
A point in which something is superior compared to others; a useful feature.
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N3流行りゅうこう
A period when something becomes widely favored and spreads among many people. Example: 「流行の服」 (fashionable/trendy clothes). In spoken language, 「はやり」 or the verb 「流行る」 is more common.
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N2流通りゅうつう
Goods passing from producers to consumers; also, something being widely used or accepted.
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N3量りょう
quantity. The amount or bulk of something. Example: 「量が多い」 (a large quantity). The word with the opposite meaning is 「質」 (quality).
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N3両替りょうがえ
To exchange money for another type of money. Example: 「円をドルに両替する」 (to exchange yen for dollars).
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N3料金りょうきん
fee. Money paid for a service or the use of something. Example: 「電車の料金」 (train fare), 「電気料金」 (electricity fee).
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N2良識りょうしき
The ability to judge right and wrong calmly and soundly. Refers to the standard of judgment considered reasonable in society at large. Used in expressions such as 「良識ある大人」 or 「良識を疑う」. While 「常識」 refers to widely shared knowledge, 「良識」 emphasizes the judgment based on such knowledge.
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N2了承りょうしょう
To take the circumstances into account and give one's consent.
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N5両親りょうしん
One's father and mother.
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N5料理りょうり
cooking. To make food. Also, the completed food itself.
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N5旅行りょこう
travel. To go to another place and enjoy oneself.
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N2臨機応変りんきおうへん
Responding flexibly and appropriately to changes in situation or circumstance. Used both adjectivally and adverbially, as in 「臨機応変な対応」 or 「臨機応変に処理する」. A four-character idiom that positively evaluates an attitude of acting on the spot with resourcefulness rather than following a rigid template.
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N2臨時りんじ
Doing something not at a fixed time, but as needed on a particular occasion.
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N2累計るいけい
To add things up one after another into a running total; also, that total itself.
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N2類似るいじ
Being very similar to one another.
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N3留守番るすばん
To stay at home and watch over it while others are out; also the person doing so. Example: 「子どもだけで留守番をする」 (children staying home alone). A machine that records messages from incoming calls is called 「留守番電話」 (answering machine).
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N2, N3例れい
example. A specific thing of the same kind shown to explain something. Example: 「例を挙げる」 (to give an example). Also used in the phrase 「例の話」 to refer to a matter that both parties already know about.
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N2冷静れいせい
Judging things calmly, without being swayed by emotion.
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N5冷蔵庫れいぞうこ
refrigerator. A device that keeps food cold so it doesn't spoil easily.
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N3冷凍れいとう
To freeze food, etc., for preservation. Example: 「冷凍食品」 (frozen food). The antonym is 「解凍」 (thawing).
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N3列れつ
A line formed by people or things arranged in a row. Example: 「列に並ぶ」 (to line up).
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N2劣化れっか
A quality or property deteriorating from what it originally was.
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N3列車れっしゃ
A connected series of railway carriages. Example: 「夜行列車」 (a night train). In daily conversation, 「電車」 is more commonly used; 「列車」 is a somewhat more formal term.
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N2劣等感れっとうかん
The feeling that one is inferior to others. Used in expressions such as 「劣等感を持つ」 or 「劣等感を抱く」. It refers not to a momentary low mood but to a feeling that persists in the mind. The antonym is 「優越感」 (a sense of superiority). Another word containing 「劣等」 is 「劣等生」, which refers to a person whose grades or performance are poor.
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N2劣等生れっとうせい
A student whose grades or performance are inferior to others'. The antonym is 「優等生」 (an honor student). Besides school grades, it is also used to humble oneself about being the weakest in a group, as in 「この分野では私は劣等生だ」 (In this field I am the poor performer). Another word containing 「劣等」 is 「劣等感」, which refers to the feeling of being inferior.
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N3恋愛れんあい
To feel love and affection for someone. Example: 「恋愛小説」 (a romance novel).
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N2廉価れんか
Being inexpensive relative to quality, or selling something at a low price. Used in reference to the prices of products and services, as in 「廉価版」 or 「廉価で提供する」. The character 「廉」 means "cheap" or "inexpensive."
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N2連携れんけい
Parties who share the same goal keeping in contact and cooperating with one another.
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N5練習れんしゅう
practice. To do something repeatedly in order to become skilled at it.
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N3連続れんぞく
The same thing continuing to happen repeatedly. Example: 「3日連続で雨だ」 (rain for three days in a row), 「連続ドラマ」 (a serial drama).
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N2連帯れんたい
Two or more people being bound together and sharing their actions and feelings. As in 「連帯感」「労働者の連帯」, it expresses solidarity among companions. It also refers to several parties being bound together and bearing responsibility jointly; 「連帯責任」「連帯保証人」 express a relationship in which an obligation that one person would bear is taken on by everyone.
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N2老朽ろうきゅう
Becoming old and no longer usable.
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N3老人ろうじん
A person who has grown old. Example: 「老人ホーム」 (a nursing home). The expressions 「お年寄り」 and 「高齢者」 are also commonly used.
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N2労働ろうどう
Working with one's body or mind to earn income; labor. 労働時間 (working hours), 肉体労働 (manual labor).
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