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N2
移住
いじゅう
To move one's place of living to a different region or country and settle there.
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N2
萎縮
いしゅく
To shrink and become smaller. It also describes becoming timid and unable to act boldly. Used in expressions like 「筋肉が萎縮する」 and 「萎縮して何も言えない」.
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N1, N2
移植
いしょく
To transplant a plant to another location; also, to transplant tissue or an organ from a living body to another.
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N2
意地悪
いじわる
To deliberately trouble or harass someone. It also refers to a person with such a nature. Used in expressions like 「意地悪な質問」 and 「意地悪をする」.
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N1, N5
椅子
いす
chair. A tool for sitting on. Often written in hiragana or katakana as 「いす」 or 「イス」.
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N2
居座る
いすわる
To remain and refuse to move from a place one should originally leave. Used in expressions like 「社長の座に居座る」 and 「台風が居座る」.
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N2
依然
いぜん
A state in which conditions continue unchanged from before. Used as in 「依然として」 or 「依然〜のままだ」, a formal adverb emphasizing that no improvement or change is visible.
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N5
忙しい
いそがしい
busy. Having a lot to do, with no time. Example: 「しごとで忙しい」 (busy with work).
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N2
遺族
いぞく
A word for the family members left behind after someone has died. Used as in 「遺族に弔意を表す」 or 「遺族の悲しみ」 in formal contexts related to death.
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N5
痛い
いたい
A state of feeling unpleasant sensation in the body due to injury or illness. Example: 「頭が痛い」 (having a headache), 「おなかが痛い」 (having a stomachache).
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N2
委託
いたく
Asking and entrusting one's work or authority to a reliable other party. Used not between individuals, but in formal contexts where companies or organizations outsource work externally. Used as in 「業務を委託する」 or 「委託販売」.
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N2
板挟み
いたばさみ
To stand between two conflicting parties and suffer from being unable to side with either. Used in expressions like 「上司と部下の板挟みになる」.
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N1, N2
至る
いたる
To reach a place, state, or result. Used for places (駅に至る道 "the road leading to the station") and for outcomes (結論に至る "reach a conclusion"). Mostly used in writing. Also appears in a pattern emphasizing the ends of a range (頭のてっぺんから足の先に至るまで "from the top of the head down to the tips of the toes").
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N2
市
いち
An event where people gather at a set day or place to buy and sell goods. Used as in "駅前に市が立つ" (a market is held in front of the station), "朝市", or "古本市". Its characteristic is that it is held on set days rather than being a permanently open shop. The same "市" read as "し" is a different word meaning an administrative division larger than a town.
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N2
一因
いちいん
One of several causes that brought about a certain result. A formal word that presupposes there are other causes besides this one, not the sole cause. Used as in 「〜の一因となる」 or 「一因として挙げられる」.
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N2
一概に
いちがいに
An adverb used in combination with negative expressions such as 「〜とは言えない」 or 「〜には決められない」. Expresses the meaning that one cannot decide on the whole based on a single standard. Frequently appears in articles and commentaries when pointing out the existence of exceptions.
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N5
一月
いちがつ
The 1st month of the year.
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N2
著しい
いちじるしい
A state in which change or difference is conspicuously large. Used for clearly recognizable degrees of magnitude, such as growth in numbers or changes in situation. The adverbial usage 「著しく向上する」 is also common. A word used in formal style.
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N2
一段と
いちだんと
A state in which the degree of something increases further compared with before. Used in expressions like 「一段と寒くなる」 and 「一段と美しい」.
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N5
一番
いちばん
The very first in order. Example: 「一番の人」 (the first person). Also used to mean "the most," as in 「一番高い」 (the most expensive).
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N2
一連
いちれん
A state in which several matters are bundled together as a single series. Used as in 「一連の事件」 or 「一連の手続き」, referring to a group of related events that occurred in succession.
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N5
いつ
いつ
when. A word for asking about time. Example: 「いつ行きますか」 (when will you go?).
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N2
一環
いっかん
An element constituting a part of a larger plan or activity. Used in the form 「〜の一環として」 in scenes of positioning something not as a standalone act but as a part of the whole.
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N2
一向に
いっこうに
An adverb used in combination with the negative form 「〜ない」. With the meaning "not at all 〜" or "not in the least 〜," it emphasizes that the expected change or progress is not visible at all.
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N2
逸材
いつざい
A person with exceptionally outstanding talent. Used in expressions like 「将来有望な逸材」 and 「逸材を発掘する」.
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N5
一緒
いっしょ
For more than one person or thing to be in the same place, or do the same thing. Example: 「友だちと一緒に行く」 (to go together with a friend).
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N4
一生懸命
いっしょうけんめい
The state of doing something with all one's effort. It is used as in 「一生懸命に勉強する」, and the form without 「に」 is also common. It originally came from 「一所懸命」, which arose from the way people long ago risked their lives to defend a single piece of land. Today it is normally written as 「一生懸命」.
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N2
一身
いっしん
One's own single body or self. Used in the fixed forms 「一身に〜を受ける／集める／背負う」. Used in contexts where attention, responsibility, or expectations are concentrated on oneself alone, a relatively formal expression.
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N2
一層
いっそう
To an even greater degree than before; all the more. Used as in 一層努力する (try even harder), 寒さが一層厳しくなる (the cold grows even more severe).
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N2
一端
いったん
A small portion within the whole of a matter. Used as in 「責任の一端を担う」 or 「真実の一端が明らかになる」 in scenes where one shows only a part rather than the whole.
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N5
五つ
いつつ
five. The number 5 when counting things. Example: "みかんを五つ買う" (to buy 5 mandarins).
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N4
いつまでも
いつまでも
forever. A state of continuing on without end. Example: 「いつまでもわすれない」 (I will never forget, forever).
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N5
いつも
いつも
Always. At any time, all the time. 「いつも同じ時間におきる」(always waking up at the same time).
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N1, N2
移転
いてん
To move one's home, office, or the like to another location; also, for a right or the like to be transferred to another party.
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N2
営む
いとなむ
To carry on work or one's life continuously. In everyday life, one more often encounters the on-reading compound words 「営業」「経営」, which use the same kanji.
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N2
挑む
いどむ
Confronting a difficult opponent or goal. Used in scenes of actively heading toward an object stronger than oneself, such as matches, records, or difficult problems, as in 「記録に挑む」 or 「強敵に挑む」. A word used in scenes where victory and defeat or success and failure are at stake.
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N4
田舎
いなか
countryside. A quiet place away from a big city. Also used to mean the place where one was born.
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N5
犬
いぬ
dog. An animal that often lives together with people.
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N4
祈る
いのる
pray. To ask a deity, etc., for a wish to come true. Also used to wish for someone's happiness or success, as in 「ごうかくを祈っています」 (praying for your success/passing).
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N2
威張る
いばる
To take an arrogant attitude, boasting about one's own power or status. Expresses behaving in a high-handed manner toward others, mostly carrying a negative implication. Used as in 「部下に威張る」 or 「威張り散らす」.
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N2
いびつ
いびつ
A state in which a shape is distorted and not properly formed. It also describes something that is not normal. Used in expressions like 「いびつな形」 and 「いびつな関係」.
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N5
今
いま
now. This very moment while speaking. Example: 「今、何時ですか」 (what time is it now?).
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N2
今更
いまさら
An adverb expressing the feeling that doing something at this point would be too late because too much time has passed, or that it would be unnatural. Used in combination with feelings of regret, resignation, or surprise in forms like 「今更〜ても」 or 「今更ながら」.
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N5
意味
いみ
meaning. The content that a word or action represents. Example: 「このことばの意味」 (the meaning of this word).
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N5
妹
いもうと
A younger sister, born after oneself. A younger brother is 「弟」.
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N5
嫌
いや
A feeling of not liking something, or not wanting to do it. Example: 「嫌な天気」 (unpleasant weather). Also used when refusing by saying 「嫌だ」 (no way/I don't want to).
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N2
癒す
いやす
Easing fatigue, sadness, or pain to make body and mind feel at ease. Used as in 「疲れを癒す」 or 「心を癒す」. Often used with the nuance of gently softening, rather than physical medical treatment.
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N5
入口
いりぐち
entrance. The place for entering a building or area. The antonym is 「出口」 (exit).
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N5
居る
いる
For a person or animal to be there. Example: 「へやに母が居る」 (my mother is in the room). Very often written in hiragana as 「いる」. For things, 「ある」 is used.
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N5
要る
いる
To be necessary. Example: 「お金が要る」 (money is needed). Same reading as 「居る」, but a different word.
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