Vocab Lists

Minna no Nihongo, Chuukyuu 1B Vocab List

印象\いんしょう\impression
チェックする\チェックする\check
お住い\おすまい\residence
たたむ\たたむ\fold
重ねる\かさねる\place one on top of the other (stack)
板張り\いたばり\wooden (floor, ceiling, etc)
素足\すあし\without socks; barefoot
使い分ける\つかいわける\use selectively
良さ\よさ\merit; good quality
読み取る\よみとる\understand by reading or scrutinizing
旅行者\りょこうしゃ\traveller; tourist
~者\~しゃ\~er (person)
最も\もっとも\most
非常に\ひじょうに\very; extremely
それほど\それほど\to that extent
代表する\だいひょうする\represent
全体\ぜんたい\whole
敷く\しく\lay (a tatami mat), lay out (futon, cushions)
ちょうど\ちょうど\just right, exactly, just like (as in X is just like Y)
何枚も\なんまいも\many flat objects
つける (名前をつける)\つける (なまえをつける)\apply; give (give a name to)
やまとことば\やまとことば\word of Japanese origin
動かす\うごかす\move (transitive)
組み合わせる\くみあわせる\combine, join together
客間\きゃくま\drawing room; parlour
居間\いま\living room; sitting room
仕事部屋\しごとべや\workroom; study
ワラ\わら\straw
イグサ\いぐさ\mat rush
呼吸する\こきゅうする\breathe
湿気\しっけ\moisture; dampness
取る (湿気を取る)\とる (しっけをとる)\remove (remove moisture)
快適な\かいてき な\comfortable
清潔な\せいけつ な\clean
本文\ほんぶん\main text
一戸建て\いっこだて\detached house
小学生\しょうがくせい\elementary school
日常生活\にちじょうせいかつ\daily life
南太平洋\みなみたいへいよう\South Pacific

Minna no Nihongo, Chuukyuu 1 Kanji Basic List

潔\ケツ; いさぎよ.い\undefiled; pure; clean; righteous; gallant
清\セイ, ショウ, シン; きよ.い\pure; purify; cleanse; exorcise; Manchu dynasty
適\テキ; かな.う\suitable; occasional; rare; qualified; capable
快\カイ; こころよ.い\cheerful; pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
素\ソ, ス; もと\elementary; principle; naked; uncovered
柔\ジュウ, ニュウ; やわ.らかい\tender; weakness; gentleness; softness
硬\コウ; かた.い\stiff; hard
役\ヤク, エキ\duty; war; campaign; drafted labor; office; service; role
取\シュ; と.る, と.り, と.り-, とり, -ど.り\take; fetch; take up
湿\シツ, シュウ; しめ.る, しめ.す, うるお.う, うるお.す\damp; wet; moist
吸\キュウ; す.う\suck; imbibe; inhale; sip
呼\コ; よ.ぶ\call; call out to; invite
乾\カン, ケン; かわ.く, かわ.かす, ほ.す, ひ.る, いぬい\drought; dry; dessicate; drink up; heaven; emperor
的\テキ; まと\bull's eye; mark; target; object; adjective ending
居\キョ, コ; い.る, -い, お.る\reside; to be; exist; live with
組\ソ; く.む, くみ, -ぐみ\association; braid; plait; construct; assemble; unite; cooperate; grapple
具\グ; そな.える, つぶさ.に\tool; utensil; means; possess; ingredients; counter for armor, suits, sets of furniture
由\ユ, ユウ, ユイ; よし, よ.る\why; a reason
枚\マイ, バイ\sheet of...; counter for flat thin objects or sheets
団\ダン, トン; かたまり, まる.い\group; association
布\フ; ぬの\linen; cloth
座\ザ; すわ.る\squat; seat; cushion; gathering; sit
置\チ; お.く, -お.き\placement; put; set; deposit; leave behind; keep; employ; pawn
客\キャク, カク\guest; visitor; customer; client
張\チョウ; は.る, -は.り, -ば.り\lengthen; counter for bows & stringed instruments; stretch; spread; put up (tent)
板\ハン, バン; いた\plank; board; plate; stage
敷\フ; し.く, -し.き\spread; pave; sit; promulgate
派\ハ\faction; group; party; clique; sect; school
全\ゼン; まった.く, すべ.て\whole; entire; all; complete; fulfill
昔\セキ, シャク; むかし\once upon a time; antiquity; old times
表\ヒョウ; おもて, -おもて, あ\surface; table; chart; diagram
化\カ, ケ; ば.ける, ば.かす, ふ.ける, け.する\change; take the form of; influence; enchant; delude; -ization
床\ショウ; とこ, ゆか\bed; floor; padding; tatami
材\ザイ\lumber; log; timber; wood; talent
興\コウ, キョウ; おこ.る, おこ.す\entertain; revive; retrieve; interest; pleasure
最\サイ, シュ; もっと.も, つま\utmost; most; extreme
部\ブ; -べ\section; bureau; dept; class; copy; part; portion; counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine
畳\ジョウ, チョウ; たた.む, たたみ, かさ.なる\tatami mat; counter for tatami mats; fold; shut up; do away with
非\ヒ; あら.ず\un-; mistake; negative; injustice; non-
常\ジョウ; つね, とこ\usual; ordinary; normal; regular
珍\チン; めずら.しい, たから\rare; curious; strange

Minna no Nihongo Chuukyuu 1 Kanji Vocab List (Hooray for Overlaps)

部屋\へや\(n) room
最も\もっとも\(adv) most; extremely
最近\さいきん\(adj-no,n-adv,n-t) most recent; these days; right now; recently; nowadays
最後\さいご\(n) (1) last; end; conclusion; (2) (after -tara form or -ta form followed by "ga") no sooner than; right after (often having negative consequences)
最高\さいこう\(adj-na,n,adj-no) highest; supreme; the most
最低\さいてい\(adj-na,adv,n,adj-no) (1) least; lowest; worst; (2) nasty; disgusting; horrible; yuck!
興味\きょうみ\(n) interest (in something)
畳\たたみ\(n) tatami mat (Japanese straw floor coverings)
畳む\たたむ\(v5m,vt) (1) to fold (clothes); (2) to close (a shop); (3) to vacate
床\ゆか\(n) floor
材料\ざいりょう\(n) ingredients; material
常識\じょうしき (n) common knowledge; conventional wisdom; general knowledge; common sense
非常に\ひじょうに\(adv) very; extremely; exceedingly
日常生活\にちじょうせいかつ\(n) everyday life; daily life
日常\にちじょう\(adj-no,n-adv,n-t) ordinary; regular; everyday; usual
珍しい\めずらしい\(adj-i) (1) unusual; rare; curious; (2) new; novel; (3) fine (e.g. gift)
文化\ぶんか\(n) (1) culture; civilization; civilisation; (2) Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
お化け\おばけ\(n) goblin; apparition; monster; ghost
多様化\たようか\(n,vs) diversification
代表\だいひょう\(n,vs,adj-no) representative; representation; delegation; type; example; model
発表\はっぴょう\(n,vs) announcement; publication
表れ\あらわれ (n) embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
昔\むかし\(adj-no,n-adv,n-t) olden days; former
全体\ぜんたい\(n-adv,n-t) whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
全く\まったく\(adv) (1) really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly; perfectly; (2) indeed; (int) (3) (abbr) good grief (expression of exasperation)
全員\ぜんいん\(n-adv,n) all members (unanimity); all hands; the whole crew; everyone; everybody
全然\ぜんぜん\(adv) (1) not at all (with neg. verb); (2) wholly; entirely; completely
全部\ぜんぶ\(n-adv,n-t,adj-no) all; entire; whole; altogether
安全\あんぜん\(adj-na,n) (1) safety; (2) security
敷く\しく\(v5k) (1) to spread out; to lay out; (2) to take a position; (3) to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
立派\りっぱ\(adj-na,n) splendid; fine; handsome; elegant; imposing; prominent; legal; legitimate
板張り\いたばり\(n) boarding; wooden floor, ceiling, etc
お客さん\おきゃくさん\(n) guest; visitor; customer
客間Pcきゃくま\(n) parlour; guest room
乗客\じょうきゃく\(n) passenger
置く\おく\(v5k) (1) to put; to place; (2) to leave (behind); (3) (uk) to do something in advance (usu. following te-form verb)
位置\いち\(n,vs) place; situation; position; location
座布団\ざぶとん\(n) zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling)
座談会\ざだんかい\(n) symposium; round-table discussion
枚\まい\(ctr) counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper)
自由\じゆう\(exp,adj-na,n) freedom; liberty; as it pleases you
理由\りゆう\(n) reason; pretext; motive
家具\かぐ\(n) furniture
具体的\ぐたいてき\(adj-na) concrete; tangible; definite; specific
道具\どうぐ\(n) implement; tool; means
組み合う\くみあう\(v5u,vi) to form a partnership or association; to join together; to grapple with
居間\いま\(n) living room (western style)
目的\もくてき\(n) purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
悲観的\ひかんてき\(adj-na) pessimistic
乾く\かわく\(v5k,vi) to get dry
呼ぶ\よぶ\(v5b,vt) (1) to call out (to); to call; to invoke; (2) to summon (a doctor, etc.); (3) to invite; (4) to designate; to name; to brand; (5) to garner (support, etc.); to gather; (6) (arch) to take as one's wife
呼吸\こきゅう\(n,vs,adj-no) (1) breath; respiration; (2) knack; trick; secret (of doing something)
湿気\しっけ\(n) moisture; humidity; dampness
取る\とる\(v5r,vt) (1) to take; to pick up; to harvest; to earn; to choose; (2) to steal; (3) to eat; to have (a meal); (4) to remove (one's glasses, etc.)
取れる\とれる\(v1,vi,vt) (1) to come off; to be removed; (2) (of pain, a fever, etc.) to disappear; (3) to be caught; to be harvested; (4) to be interpreted (as); to be taken as; (5) (of balance, etc.) to be attained; (6) to be obtainable
取り付ける\とりつける\(v1,vt) (1) to furnish; to install; (2) to get someone's agreement; (3) to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
聞き取る\ききとる\(v5r,vt) to catch (a person's words); to follow; to understand
役に立つ\やくにたつ\(v5t) to be helpful; to be useful
硬い\かたい\(adj-i) (1) hard; solid; tough; (2) stiff; tight; wooden; unpolished (e.g. writing); (3) strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); (4) safe; steady; honest; steadfast; (5) obstinate; stubborn; (6) bookish; formal; stuffy
柔らかい\やわらかい\(adj-i) soft; tender; limp
素足\すあし\(n,adj-no) bare feet
素晴らしい\すばらしい\(adj-i) wonderful; splendid; magnificent
快適\かいてき\(adj-na,n) pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
清潔\せいけつ\(adj-na,n) (1) clean; hygenic; sanitary; (2) pure; virtuous; immaculate