| 無沙汰 | ぶさた | neglecting to stay in contact |
| 武士 | ぶし | warrior,samurai |
| 部首 | ぶしゅ | radical (of a kanji character) |
| 襖 | ふすま | sliding screen |
| 附属 | ふぞく | attached,belonging,affiliated |
| 蓋 | ふた | cover,lid,cap |
| 不通 | ふつう | suspension,interruption,stoppage,tie-up,cessation |
| ぶつかる | to strike,to collide with |
| ぶつける | to knock,to run into,to nail on,to strike hard,to hit and attack |
| 物騒 | ぶっそう | dangerous,disturbed,insecure |
| ぶつぶつ | grumbling,complaining in a small voice |
| 船便 | ふなびん | surface mail (ship) |
| 部品 | ぶひん | parts,accessories |
| 吹雪 | ふぶき | snow storm |
| 父母 | ふぼ | father and mother,parents |
| 踏切 | ふみきり | railway crossing,level crossing,starting line,scratch,crossover |
| 麓 | ふもと | the foot,the bottom,the base (of a mountain) |
| 増やす | ふやす | to increase,to add to,to augment |
| 殖やす | ふやす | to increase,to add to,to augment |
| フライパン | fry pan,frying pan |
| ブラウス | blouse |
| ぶらさげる | to hang,to suspend,to dangle,to swing |
| ブラシ | brushy,brush |
| プラスチック | plastic |
| プラットホーム | platform |
| フリー | free |
| 振り仮名 | ふりがな | ,pronunciation key |
| プリント | print,handout |
| 振舞う | ふるまう | to behave,to conduct oneself,to entertain (vt) |
| ブローチ | brooch |
| プログラム | program |
| 風呂敷 | ふろしき | wrapping cloth,cloth wrapper |
| ふわふわ | light,soft |
| 噴火 | ふんか | eruption |
| 分解 | ぶんかい | analysis,disassembly |
| 文芸 | ぶんげい | literature,art and literature,belles-lettres |
| 文献 | ぶんけん | literature,books (reference) |
| 噴水 | ふんすい | water fountain |
| 分数 | ぶんすう | fraction (in math) |
| 文体 | ぶんたい | literary style |
| 分布 | ぶんぷ | distribution |
| 文房具 | ぶんぼうぐ | stationery |
| 文脈 | ぶんみゃく | context |
| 分量 | ぶんりょう | amount,quantity |
| 分類 | ぶんるい | classification |
| 閉会 | へいかい | closure |
| 平気 | へいき | coolness,calmness,composure,unconcern |
| 並行 | へいこう | (going) side by side,concurrent,abreast,at the same time |
| 平日 | へいじつ | weekday,ordinary days |
| 兵隊 | へいたい | soldier,sailor |
| 平凡 | へいぼん | common,commonplace,ordinary,mediocre |
| 平野 | へいや | plain,open field |
| 凹む | へこむ | to be dented,to be indented,to yield to,to give,to sink,to collapse,to cave in,to be snubbed |
| へそ | navel,belly-button |
| 隔てる | へだてる | to be shut out |
| 別荘 | べっそう | holiday house,villa |
| 別々 | べつべつ | separately,individually |
| ベテラン | veteran |
| ヘリコプター | helicopter |
| へる | to decrease (in size or number),to diminish,to abate |
| ぺん | pen |
| 編集 | へんしゅう | editing,compilation,editorial (e.g. committee) |
| 便所 | べんじょ | toilet,lavatory,rest room,latrine,comfort station |
| ペンチ | (abbr) pliers (lit: pinchers) |
| 望遠鏡 | ぼうえんきょう | telescope |
| 方角 | ほうがく | direction,way,compass point |
| 箒 | ほうき | (n) broom |
| 方言 | ほうげん | dialect |
| 坊さん | ぼうさん | Buddhist priest,monk |
| 防止 | ぼうし | prevention,check |
| 方針 | ほうしん | objective,plan,policy |
| 包装 | ほうそう | packing,wrapping |
| 法則 | ほうそく | law,rule |
| 包帯 | ほうたい | bandage,dressing |
| 膨大 | ぼうだい | huge,bulky,enormous,extensive,swelling,expansion |
| 庖丁 | ほうちょう | kitchen knife,carving knife |
| 方程式 | ほうていしき | equation |
| 防犯 | ぼうはん | prevention of crime |
| 方面 | ほうめん | direction,district,field (e.g., of study) |
| 坊や | ぼうや | boy |
| 放る | ほうる | to let go |
| ボーナス | bonus |
| 朗らか | ほがらか | brightness,cheerfulness,melodious |
| 牧場 | ぼくじょう | (1) farm (livestock),(2) pasture land,meadow,grazing land |
| 牧畜 | ぼくちく | stock-farming |
| 保健 | ほけん | health preservation,hygiene,sanitation |
| 募集 | ぼしゅう | recruiting,taking applications |
| 干す | ほす | to air,to dry,to desiccate,to drain (off),to drink up |
| ポスター | poster |
| 北極 | ほっきょく | North Pole |
| 坊っちゃん | ぼっちゃん | son (of others) |
| ほどく | to unfasten |
| 堀 | ほり | moat,canal |
| 掘る | ほる | to dig,to excavate |
| 彫る | ほる | to carve,to engrave,to sculpture,to chisel |
| ぼろ | rag,scrap,tattered clothes,fault (esp. in a pretense) |
| 盆 | ぼん | Lantern Festival,Festival of the Dead,tray |
| 盆地 | ぼんち | basin (e.g. between mountains) |
| 本部 | ほんぶ | headquarters |
| 本来 | ほんらい | essentially,naturally,by nature |
| まあまあ | so-so |
| 枚数 | まいすう | the number of flat things |
| 毎度 | まいど | each time,common service-sector greeting |
| マイナス | minus |
| 巻く | まく | to wind,to coil,to roll |
| 蒔く | まく | to sow (seeds) |
| 撒く | まく | to scatter,to sprinkle,to sow |
| 枕 | まくら | pillow,bolster |
| 曲げる | まげる | to bend,to crook,to lean |
| まごまご | confused |
| 摩擦 | まさつ | friction,rubbing,rubdown,chafe |
| 混ざる | まざる | to be mixed,to be blended with,to associate with,to mingle with,to join |
| 交ざる | まざる | to be mixed,to be blended with,to associate with,to mingle with,to join |
| 混じる | まじる | to be mixed,to be blended with,to associate with |
| 交じる | まじる | to be mixed,to be blended with,to associate with |
| マスク | mask |
| 混ぜる | まぜる | to mix,to stir |
| 交ぜる | まぜる | to be mixed,to be blended with |
| またぐ | to straddle |
| 又は | または | or,otherwise |
| 待合室 | まちあいしつ | waiting room |
| 待ち合わせる | まちあわせる | to rendezvous,to meet at a prearranged place and time |
| 街角 | まちかど | street corner |
| 真っ暗 | まっくら | total darkness,shortsightedness,pitch dark |
| 真っ黒 | まっくろ | pitch black |
| 真っ青 | まっさお | deep blue,ghastly pale |
| 真っ先 | まっさき | the head,the foremost,beginning |
| 真っ白 | まっしろ | pure white |
| 祭る | まつる | to deify,to enshrine |
| 窓口 | まどぐち | ticket window |
| 纏まる | まとまる | to be collected,to be settled,to be in order |
| 纏める | まとめる | to put in order,to collect,to bring to a conclusion |
| 真似る | まねる | to mimic,to imitate |
| まぶしい | dazzling,radiant |
| まぶた | eyelids |
| マフラー | muffler,scarf |
| 間も無く | まもなく | soon,before long,in a short time |
| マラソン | marathon |
| 円い | まるい | round,circular,spherical |
| 稀 | まれ | rare,seldom |
| 回り道 | まわりみち | detour |
| 満員 | まんいん | full house,no vacancy,sold out |
| マンション | large apartment,apartment house |
| 満点 | まんてん | perfect score |
| 見送る | みおくる | (1) to see off,to farewell,(2) to escort,(3) to let pass |
| 見下ろす | みおろす | to overlook,to command a view of,to look down on something |
| 見掛け | みかけ | outward appearance |
| 三日月 | みかづき | new moon,crescent moon |
| 岬 | みさき | cape (on coast) |
| みじめ | (arch) sad,pitiful,wretched |
| ミシン | sewing machine |
| 店屋 | みせや | store,shop |
| 見出し | みだし | heading,caption,subtitle,index |
| 道順 | みちじゅん | itinerary,route |
| 見付かる | みつかる | to be found,to be discovered |
| 見付ける | みつける | to be familiar,to discover,to detect |
| みっともない | shameful,indecent |
| 見直す | みなおす | to look again,to get a better opinion of |
| 見慣れる | みなれる | to become used to seeing,to be familiar with |
| 醜い | みにくい | ugly |
| 実る | みのる | to bear fruit,to ripen |
| 身分 | みぶん | social position,social status |
| 見本 | みほん | sample |
| 見舞う | みまう | to ask after (health),to visit |
| 未満 | みまん | less than,insufficient |
| 名字 | みょうじ | surname,family name |
| ミリ | （メートル） | milli-,10^-3 |
| 診る | みる | to examine (medical) |
| 民間 | みんかん | private,civilian,civil,popular,folk,unofficial |
| 民謡 | みんよう | folk song,popular song |
| 向う | むかう | (v5u) to face,to go towards |
| 剥く | むく | to peel,to skin,to pare,to hull |
| 無限 | むげん | infinite |
| 無地 | むじ | plain,unfigured |
| 蒸し暑い | むしあつい | humid,sultry |
| 矛盾 | むじゅん | contradiction,inconsistency |
| 蒸す | むす | to steam,to poultice,to be sultry |
| 無数 | むすう | countless number,infinite number |
| 紫 | むらさき | purple colour,violet |
| 群れ | むれ | group,crowd,flock,herd |
| 姪 | めい | niece |
| 名作 | めいさく | masterpiece |
| 名刺 | めいし | business card |
| 名詞 | めいし | noun |
| 名所 | めいしょ | famous place |
| 命ずる | めいずる | to command,to appoint |
| 迷信 | めいしん | superstition |
| 名物 | めいぶつ | famous product,special product,speciality |
| 銘々 | めいめい | each,individual |
| 目上 | めうえ | superior(s),senior |
| メーター | meter (clock) |
| 恵まれる | めぐまれる | to be blessed with,to be rich in |
| 巡る | めぐる | to go around |
| 目指す | めざす | to aim at,to have an eye on |
| 目覚し | めざまし | (abbr) alarm-clock |
| 目下 | めした | at present,now |
| 目印 | めじるし | mark,sign,landmark |
| 目立つ | めだつ | to be conspicuous,to stand out |
| めちゃくちゃ | absurd,unreasonable,excessive,messed up,spoiled,wreaked |
| めっきり | remarkably |
| めでたい | happy,simple soul,propitious,joyous |
| メニュー | menu |
| めまい | dizziness,giddiness |
| 目安 | めやす | criterion,aim |
| 免税 | めんぜい | tax exemption,duty exemption |
| 面積 | めんせき | area |
| 面接 | めんせつ | interview |
| 面倒臭い | めんどうくさい | bother to do,tiresome |
| 儲かる | もうかる | to be profitable,to yield a profit |
| 儲ける | もうける | to get,to earn,to gain,to have (bear, beget) a child |
| 申し訳ない | もうしわけない | inexcusable |
| モーター | motor |
| 木材 | もくざい | lumber,timber,wood |
| 目次 | もくじ | table of contents |
| 潜る | もぐる | (1) to drive,to pass through,(2) to evade,to hide,(3) to dive (into or under water),to go undergroun |
| もしかしたら | perhaps,maybe,by some chance |
| もしかすると | perhaps,maybe,by some chance |
| もたれる | to lean against,to lean on,to recline on,to lie heavy (on the stomach) |
| モダン | modern |
| 餅 | もち | sticky rice cake |
| もったいない | too good,more than one deserves,wasteful,sacrilegious,unworthy of |
| モデル | model |
| 元々 | もともと | originally,by nature,from the start |
| 物置 | ものおき | storage room |
| 物語る | ものがたる | to tell,to indicate |
| 物差し | ものさし | ruler,measure |
| 物凄い | ものすごい | earth-shattering,staggering,to a very great extent |
| モノレール | monorail |
| 紅葉 | もみじ | (1) (Japanese) maple |
| 揉む | もむ | to rub,to crumple (up),to wrinkle |
| 燃やす | もやす | to burn |
| 催し | もよおし | event,festivities,function |
| 盛る | もる | (1) to serve (food, etc.),(2) to fill up,(3) to prescribe |
| 問答 | もんどう | questions and answers,dialogue |
| やかましい | (1) noisy,(2) strict,fussy |
| 夜間 | やかん | at night,nighttime |
| 薬缶 | やかん | kettle |
| 役者 | やくしゃ | actor,actress |
| 役所 | やくしょ | government office,public office |
| 訳す | やくす | to translate |
| 役人 | やくにん | government official |
| 薬品 | やくひん | medicine(s),chemical(s) |
| 役目 | やくめ | duty,business |
| 火傷 | やけど | burn,scald |
| 夜行 | やこう | walking around at night,night train,night travel |
| 矢印 | やじるし | directing arrow |
| やたらに | randomly,recklessly,blindly |
| 薬局 | やっきょく | pharmacy,drugstore |
| やっつける | to attack (an enemy),to beat,to do away with,to finish off |
| 家主 | やぬし | landlord |
| やっぱり | also,as I thought,still,in spite of,absolutely,of course |
| 破く | やぶく | |
| 破れる | やぶれる | to get torn,to wear out |
| やむをえない | cannot be helped,unavoidable |
| 軟らかい | やわらかい | soft,tender,limp |
| 遊園地 | ゆうえんち | amusement park |
| 夕刊 | ゆうかん | evening paper |
| 友好 | ゆうこう | friendship |
| 郵送 | ゆうそう | mailing |
| 夕立 | ゆうだち | (sudden) evening shower (rain) |
| 夕日 | ゆうひ | (in) the evening sun,setting sun |
| 悠々 | ゆうゆう | quiet,calm,leisurely |
| 有料 | ゆうりょう | admission-paid,toll |
| 浴衣 | ゆかた | bathrobe,informal summer kimono,yukata |
| 湯気 | ゆげ | steam,vapour |
| 輸血 | ゆけつ | blood transfusion |
| 輸送 | ゆそう | transport,transportation |
| 油断 | ゆだん | negligence,unpreparedness |
| ゆでる | to boil |
| 湯飲み | ゆのみ | teacup |
| 緩い | ゆるい | loose,lenient,slow |
| 溶岩 | ようがん | lava |
| 容器 | ようき | container,vessel |
| 用語 | ようご | term,terminology |
| 要旨 | ようし | gist,essentials,summary,fundamentals |
| 幼児 | ようじ | infant,baby,child |
| 容積 | ようせき | capacity,volume |
| 幼稚 | ようち | infancy,childish,infantile |
| 幼稚園 | ようちえん | kindergarten |
| 用途 | ようと | use,usefulness |
| 洋品店 | ようひんてん | shop which handles Western-style apparel and accessories |
| 養分 | ようぶん | nourishment,nutrient |
| 羊毛 | ようもう | wool |
| 漸く | ようやく | gradually,finally,hardly |
| 要領 | ようりょう | point,gist,essentials,outline |
| 欲張り | よくばり | avarice,covetousness,greed |
| 余計 | よけい | too much,unnecessary,abundance,surplus,excess,superfluity |
| よこす | (1) to send,to forward,(2) to hand over (e.g. money) |
| 汚す | よごす | (1) to disgrace,to dishonour,(2) to pollute,to contaminate,to soil,to make dirty,to stain |
| 寄せる | よせる | to collect,to gather,to add,to put aside |
| 余所 | よそ | another place,somewhere else,strange parts |
| 四つ角 | よつかど | four corners,crossroads |
| 酔っ払い | よっぱらい | drunkard |
| 予備 | よび | preparation,preliminaries,reserve,spare |
| 呼び掛ける | よびかける | to call out to,to accost,to address (crowd),to appeal |
| 呼び出す | よびだす | to summon,to call (e.g. phone) |
| 蘇る | よみがえる | to be resurrected,to be revived,to be resuscitated,to be rehabilitated |
| 因る | よる | to come from |
| 慶び | よろこび | (n) (a) joy,(a) delight,rapture,pleasure,gratification,rejoicing,congratulations,felicitations |
| 慶ぶ | よろこぶ | |
| 来日 | らいにち | arrival in Japan,coming to Japan,visit to Japan |
| 落第 | らくだい | failure,dropping out of a class |
| ラッシュアワー | rush hour |
| 欄 | らん | column of text (e.g. as in a newspaper) |
| ランチ | launch,lunch |
| ランニング | (1) running,(2) tank top |
| 乱暴 | らんぼう | rude,violent,rough,lawless,unreasonable,reckless |
| 理科 | りか | science |
| 利害 | りがい | advantages and disadvantages,interest |
| リズム | rhythm |
| リットル | litre |
| リボン | ribbon |
| 略す | りゃくす | to abbreviate |
| 流域 | りゅういき | (river) basin |
| 寮 | りょう | hostel,dormitory |
| 両側 | りょうがわ | both sides |
| 漁師 | りょうし | fisherman |
| 領事 | りょうじ | consul |
| 領収 | りょうしゅう | receipt,voucher |
| 臨時 | りんじ | temporary,special,extraordinary |
| 留守番 | るすばん | care-taking,caretaker,house-watching |
| 例外 | れいがい | exception |
| 零点 | れいてん | zero,no marks |
| 冷凍 | れいとう | freezing,cold storage,refrigeration |
| レインコート | raincoat |
| レクリェーション | recreation |
| レジャー | leisure |
| 列島 | れっとう | chain of islands |
| レベル | level |
| リポート | report,paper |
| 煉瓦 | れんが | brick |
| 連合 | れんごう | union,alliance |
| レンズ | lens |
| 蝋燭 | ろうそく | candle |
| ローマじ | romanization,Roman letters |
| 録音 | ろくおん | (audio) recording |
| ロッカー | locker |
| ロビー | lobby |
| 論ずる | ろんずる | to argue,to discuss,to debate |
| 和英 | わえい | Japanese-English |
| 分る | わかる | to be understood |
| 分かれる | わかれる | to branch off,to diverge from,to fork,to split,to dispense,to scatter,to divide into |
| 若々しい | わかわかしい | youthful,young |
| 湧く | わく | to boil,to grow hot,to get excited,to gush forth |
| 詫びる | わびる | to apologize |
| 和服 | わふく | Japanese clothes |
| わりあいに | comparatively |
| 割算 | わりざん | division (math) |
| 割と | わりと | relatively, comparitively |
| 割引 | わりびき | discount,reduction,rebate |
| 椀 | わん | Japanese soup bowl,wooden bowl |
| 碗 | わん | bowl |
| ワンピース | one-piece dress |
