future. Time yet to come. Example: 「将来のゆめ」 (a future dream).
AI-generated translation
N2奨励しょうれい
The act of regarding a behavior as good and actively encouraging others to do it. Often used in contexts where governments or organizations promote it as a policy, in forms like 「読書を奨励する」「貯蓄奨励」.
AI-generated translation
N2所感しょかん
An impression or opinion held about a certain matter. Used when delivering remarks in formal settings. Used in forms like 「所感を述べる」「新年の所感」.
AI-generated translation
N2除去じょきょ
To remove something that is in the way or harmful.
AI-generated translation
N1私欲しよく
The feeling of seeking one's own personal gain or satisfaction. Used in forms like 「私欲にとらわれる」「私利私欲」, in critical contexts.
AI-generated translation
N4食事しょくじ
meal. Eating breakfast, lunch, dinner, etc.
AI-generated translation
N4食堂しょくどう
A shop or room for eating meals.
AI-generated translation
N4食料品しょくりょうひん
Food products. Example: 「食料品店」 (a grocery store).
AI-generated translation
N2徐行じょこう
A vehicle or the like moving so slowly that it can stop immediately.
AI-generated translation
N2所在しょざい
The place where a person or thing exists. It can also indicate where responsibility lies. Used as in 「所在を明らかにする」(to make clear where something is) or 「責任の所在」(the locus of responsibility).
AI-generated translation
N2所持しょじ
To have something as one's own, including both physical possession and ownership. Used for "carrying on one's person" (as in 「免許証を所持する」 - to carry a license) as well as "owning/holding" (as in 「別荘を所持する」 - to own a villa). Used in formal contexts regarding documents, money, objects, rights, or assets.
AI-generated translation
N4女性じょせい
woman. A polite way of referring to a female person.
AI-generated translation
N2女装じょそう
A man dressing and appearing as a woman. A woman dressing and appearing as a man is called 「男装」.
AI-generated translation
N4知らせるしらせる
To convey something to a person, letting them know. Example: 「けっかを知らせる」 (to inform of the result).
AI-generated translation
N4調べるしらべる
To check something one doesn't know, by looking it up in a book or on the internet, etc.
AI-generated translation
N1退けるしりぞける
Originally means to make a person or thing move back. By extension, it is also used in the sense of refusing to accept an opponent or a proposal. Used as in 「敵を退ける」(to repel an enemy) or 「反対意見を退ける」(to reject opposing opinions).
AI-generated translation
N2自立じりつ
To live or do things by one's own effort, without relying on others.
AI-generated translation
N5知るしる
know. To have something in one's mind about a matter. Example: 「答えを知る」 (to know the answer).
AI-generated translation
N1試練しれん
A severe hardship that tests a person's ability and conviction. Used in forms like 「試練を乗り越える」「試練に立ち向かう」.
AI-generated translation
N5白しろ
white. A color like snow.
AI-generated translation
N5白いしろい
white. Being the color white. Example: 「白いシャツ」 (a white shirt).
AI-generated translation
N1芯しん
The hard part at the center of an object. Used as in 「リンゴの芯」(apple core) or 「鉛筆の芯」(pencil lead). By extension, it also refers to the essential core of a person's mind or of a matter, and is used in forms such as 「芯が強い」(to have a strong core, i.e., to be mentally tough).
AI-generated translation
N2侵害しんがい
The act of unjustly intruding upon another's rights or domain and causing harm. Used in forms like 「権利を侵害する」「プライバシーの侵害」.
AI-generated translation
N2, N4人口じんこう
population. The number of people living in a certain country or town.
AI-generated translation
N2審査しんさ
To examine an entry or a qualification in detail and decide whether it passes or fails, or how it ranks.
AI-generated translation
N1真摯しんし
A sincere and earnest attitude. Used in forms like 「真摯に向き合う」「真摯な姿勢」.
AI-generated translation
N3真実しんじつ
The truth, with no lies in it.
AI-generated translation
N2信者しんじゃ
A person who believes in a particular religion or teaching.
AI-generated translation
N4神社じんじゃ
shrine. A Japanese building where a deity is enshrined.
AI-generated translation
N2真珠しんじゅ
A round, beautiful gem formed inside a shellfish. Used as a jewel.
AI-generated translation
N2進出しんしゅつ
To extend one's influence and advance into a new field or place. 「海外に進出する」「決勝に進出する」.
AI-generated translation
N1心情しんじょう
The feelings or inner thoughts a person holds in a given situation. Often used in contexts of empathizing with another's feelings, in forms like 「心情を察する」「複雑な心情」.
AI-generated translation
N2信条しんじょう
A belief or principle of action that one firmly holds and is determined to uphold. Used in forms like 「信条とする」「政治信条」, expressing the conviction at the core of one's way of life.
AI-generated translation
N2浸水しんすい
A house or piece of land being submerged in water due to flooding or the like.
AI-generated translation
N1神聖しんせい
Free of impurity and so precious that it must not be violated. Used in expressions like 「神聖な場所」, it is often applied to things held sacred in a religious sense.
AI-generated translation
N4親切しんせつ
kind. To do something for another person's benefit, wholeheartedly.
AI-generated translation
N2親善しんぜん
The maintenance of friendly and good relationships between nations, organizations, or people. Used in forms like 「親善試合」「親善大使」 in contexts of exchange or friendship.
AI-generated translation
N3新鮮しんせん
Fish or vegetables being fresh. Also used to mean something novel and lively, as in 「新鮮な驚き」 (a fresh surprise).
AI-generated translation
N2深層しんそう
The deep part of something that does not appear on the surface. 「心の深層」. The paired opposite word is 「表層」.
AI-generated translation
N2真相しんそう
The true state of affairs hidden behind what appears on the surface. Used in situations of uncovering hidden facts, as in 「真相を究明する」.
AI-generated translation
N2迅速じんそく
A response or movement being very quick. The paired opposite word is 「緩慢」.
AI-generated translation
N1甚大じんだい
Damage or impact so great that it exceeds ordinary measures. Used in forms like 「甚大な被害」「甚大な影響」, emphasizing the scale of a negative situation.
AI-generated translation
N3慎重しんちょう
The state of being careful and not acting rashly. Used in forms like 「慎重に検討する」「慎重な判断」, expressing the careful handling of matters to avoid failure.
AI-generated translation
N2進捗しんちょく
Work or a plan progressing smoothly. 「進捗状況」.
AI-generated translation
N2振動しんどう
An object shaking or vibrating in small, repeated movements.
AI-generated translation
N4心配しんぱい
A feeling of unease from thinking something might not go well. Example: 「けんこうが心配だ」 (worried about one's health).
AI-generated translation
N5新聞しんぶん
newspaper. Paper containing the day's news.
AI-generated translation
N4新聞社しんぶんしゃ
A company that produces and publishes newspapers.
AI-generated translation
N2親密しんみつ
A relationship between people that is very close and deeply connected. Used in forms like 「親密な間柄」「親密な関係」.
AI-generated translation
N2人脈じんみゃく
A word indicating a network of human relationships built up in work or social life. Used in forms like 「人脈を広げる」「人脈を生かす」. Particularly valued in business contexts.
This word has different meanings and uses at each level
表示言語を選んでください
Choose your language
言語はあとから変更できます ・ You can change this later
About study reminders
If you haven't logged in for a while, we'll send you an email encouraging you to resume studying (on by default). You can change the time and days, or turn reminders off, anytime from My Page.
Your session has expired
Your login has expired. You can sign in again or continue without signing in.