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
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
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
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