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N5
年
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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N2
途上
とじょう
The middle stage of something, or partway along the road to a destination. Used in expressions such as 「発展途上」「帰宅の途上」.
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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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N3
年寄り
としより
A person who has grown old. Often used politely in the form 「お年寄り」.
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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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N2
途端
とたん
The very moment something happens. Used in the form 「〜した途端」. Used in contexts where an unexpected change occurs immediately afterward.
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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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N2, N3
土地
とち
land. The ground. Also used to mean a certain area or region, as in 「知らない土地」 (an unfamiliar place).
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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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N2
突進
とっしん
Charging straight ahead toward a target with great force. Used in expressions such as 「敵陣に突進する」「猪が突進する」.
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N3
突然
とつぜん
suddenly. Without any warning, all at once. Example: 「突然雨が降り出した」 (it suddenly started raining).
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N5
どっち
どっち
A casual way of saying 「どちら」.
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N2
突破
とっぱ
To break through a difficulty or obstacle and pass beyond it; also, to exceed a certain quantity.
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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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N3
届く
とどく
For something sent to arrive. Example: 「荷物が届く」 (a package arrives). Also used to mean a hand or voice reaching that far, as in 「手が届く」 (within reach), 「声が届く」 (a voice carries). 「届ける」 is used when a person takes something to the other party, while 「届く」 is used when the thing arrives there: compare 「荷物を届ける」 with 「荷物が届く」.
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N2
届け出
とどけで
Formally submitting necessary matters to public agencies such as government offices or the police. Used in expressions such as 「出生届」「転居届」.
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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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N2
整う
ととのう
The necessary conditions or state coming together properly. Used in expressions such as 「準備が整う」「体調が整う」.
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N2
調う
ととのう
A negotiation or discussion being settled and reaching agreement. Used in expressions such as 「縁談が調う」「交渉が調う」. Used in a meaning distinguished from 「整う」.
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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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N2
唱える
となえる
To say words aloud. Used as in「念仏を唱える」(to chant a Buddhist prayer),「呪文を唱える」(to recite a spell). By extension, it is also used to mean publicly stating one's argument or view, as in「異議を唱える」(to raise an objection),「新説を唱える」(to advance a new theory). It is a somewhat formal word used in academic and discussion settings.
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N5
どなた
どなた
A polite way of saying 「だれ」.
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N5
隣
となり
The seat, house, country, etc., right next to something. Example: 「隣の人」 (the person next door).
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N2
怒鳴る
どなる
Speaking in a loud voice as if shouting, or scolding with a raised voice. Used in expressions such as 「怒鳴り声」「部下を怒鳴る」.
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N3
とにかく
とにかく
anyway. Setting other things aside, first of all. 「とにかく急ごう」「とにかくやってみよう」. It is also used when saying that, whatever the other points may be, this one point at least is certain. 「この店はとにかく安い」「とにかく人が多かった」 is a way of singling out one characteristic and stating it strongly.
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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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N3
飛ばす
とばす
To make something fly through the air. Example: 「紙飛行機を飛ばす」 (to fly a paper airplane). Also used to mean skipping a part, as in 「ページを飛ばす」 (to skip a page). 「飛ばす」 is used when a person makes something fly, while 「飛ぶ」 is used when it moves through the air on its own: compare 「紙飛行機を飛ばす」 with 「紙飛行機が飛ぶ」.
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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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N2
乏しい
とぼしい
The necessary amount or degree being lacking. Used in expressions such as 「資源に乏しい」「経験が乏しい」.
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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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N2
富
とみ
Large amounts of money and assets, or wealth itself. Used in expressions such as 「富を築く」「富の偏在」. A formal word used in contexts discussing economy or society.
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N2
富む
とむ
To have abundant wealth and prosperity. Used as in「国が富む」(the country grows wealthy),「富める者」(the wealthy). By extension, it is also used to mean having a particular quality or element in abundance, combined with abstract nouns as in「変化に富む」(rich in variety),「経験に富む」(rich in experience).
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N3
泊める
とめる
To let someone stay overnight at one's own home, etc. Example: 「友人を家に泊める」 (to let a friend stay at one's house). 「泊める」 is used for the side that takes someone in, while 「泊まる」 is used for the side that spends the night there: compare 「友人を家に泊める」 with 「友人が家に泊まる」. Note the distinction from the homophones 「止める」 and 「留める」.
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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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