| およそ | about,roughly,as a rule,approximately | |
| 及ぼす | およぼす | to exert,to cause,to exercise |
| 居る | おる | to be (animate),to be,to exist |
| 下す | おろす | to lower,to let go down |
| 降ろす | おろす | to take down,to launch,to drop |
| 終 | おわり | the end |
| 音 | おん | sound,note |
| 恩 | おん | favour,obligation,debt of gratitude |
| 温暖 | おんだん | warmth |
| 温度 | おんど | temperature |
| 可 | か | passable |
| 課 | か | counter for chapters (of a book) |
| カー | car | |
| カード | card,curd | |
| 会 | かい | meeting,assembly,party,association,club |
| 回 | かい | counter for occurrences |
| 害 | がい | injury,harm,evil influence,damage |
| 会員 | かいいん | member,the membership |
| 絵画 | かいが | picture |
| 海外 | かいがい | foreign,abroad,overseas |
| 会計 | かいけい | account,finance,accountant |
| 解決 | かいけつ | settlement,solution,resolution |
| 会合 | かいごう | meeting,assembly |
| 外交 | がいこう | diplomacy |
| 開始 | かいし | start,commencement,beginning |
| 解釈 | かいしゃく | explanation,interpretation |
| 外出 | がいしゅつ | outing,going out |
| 改善 | かいぜん | betterment,improvement |
| 快適 | かいてき | pleasant,agreeable,comfortable |
| 回復 | かいふく | recovery (from illness),improvement,rehabilitation,restoration |
| 飼う | かう | to keep,to raise,to feed |
| 替える | かえる | to exchange,to interchange,to substitute,to replace |
| 換える | かえる | to exchange,to interchange,to substitute,to replace |
| 香り | かおり | aroma,fragrance,scent,smell |
| 画家 | がか | painter,artist |
| 抱える | かかえる | to hold or carry under or in the arms |
| 価格 | かかく | price,value,cost |
| 化学 | かがく | chemistry |
| 輝く | かがやく | to shine,to glitter,to sparkle |
| 係 | かかり | official,duty,person in charge |
| 掛かる | かかる | to take (e.g. time, money, etc),to hang |
| 罹る | かかる | to suffer from |
| 鍵 | かぎ | key |
| 限る | かぎる | to restrict,to limit,to confine |
| 描く | かく | to draw,to paint,to sketch,to depict,to describe |
| 家具 | かぐ | furniture |
| 学 | がく | learning,scholarship,erudition,knowledge |
| 額 | がく | forehead,brow |
| 覚悟 | かくご | resolution,resignation,readiness,preparedness |
| 確実 | かくじつ | certainty,reliability,soundness |
| 学者 | がくしゃ | scholar |
| 学習 | がくしゅう | study,learning |
| 隠す | かくす | to hide,to conceal |
| 拡大 | かくだい | magnification,enlargement |
| 確認 | かくにん | affirmation,confirmation |
| 学問 | がくもん | scholarship,study,learning |
| 隠れる | かくれる | to hide,to be hidden,to conceal oneself,to disappear |
| 影 | かげ | shade,shadow,other side |
| 陰 | かげ | shade,shadow,other side |
| 欠ける | かける | to be lacking |
| 加減 | かげん | addition and subtraction,allowance for |
| 過去 | かこ | the past,bygone days,the previous |
| 籠 | かご | basket,cage |
| 囲む | かこむ | to surround,to encircle |
| 火災 | かさい | conflagration,fire |
| 貸し | かし | loan,lending |
| 菓子 | かし | pastry |
| 家事 | かじ | housework,domestic chores |
| 賢い | かしこい | wise,clever,smart |
| 歌手 | かしゅ | singer |
| 数 | かず | number,figure |
| 稼ぐ | かせぐ | to earn income,to labor |
| 数える | かぞえる | to count |
| 型 | かた | mold,model,style,shape,data-type |
| 肩 | かた | shoulder |
| 硬い | かたい | solid,hard (esp. metal, stone),unpolished writing |
| 方々 | かたがた | persons,this and that,here and there,everywhere |
| 刀 | かたな | sword,saber,knife,engraving tool |
| 語る | かたる | to talk,to tell,to recite |
| 勝ち | かち | win,victory |
| 価値 | かち | value,worth,merit |
| がっかり | feel disappointed,be dejected,lose heart | |
| 活気 | かっき | energy,liveliness |
| 学期 | がっき | term (school) |
| 格好 | かっこう | shape,form,posture,suitability |
| 活動 | かつどう | action,activity |
| 活用 | かつよう | conjugation,practical use |
| 悲しむ | かなしむ | to be sad,to mourn for,to regret |
| 必ずしも | かならずしも | (not) always,(not) necessarily,(not) all,(not) entirely |
| かなり | considerably,fairly,quite | |
| 金 | かね | (1) gold,(2) gold general (shogi) (abbr) |
| 金持ち | かねもち | rich man |
| 可能 | かのう | possible,practicable,feasible |
| 株 | かぶ | share,stock,stump (of tree) |
| 被る | かぶる | to suffer |
| 構う | かまう | to mind,to care about,to be concerned about |
| 我慢 | がまん | patience,endurance,perseverance |
| 上 | かみ | (1) first volume,(2) superior quality,(3) governmental |
| 神 | かみ | god |
| 雷 | かみなり | thunder |
| 髪の毛 | かみのけ | hair (head) |
| 科目 | かもく | (school) subject,curriculum,course |
| かもしれない | may,might,perhaps,may be,possibly | |
| 火曜 | かよう | (abbr) Tuesday |
| 空 | から | sky |
| 柄 | がら | hilt (of a sword),haft (of a dagger),handgrip |
| 刈る | かる | to cut (hair),to mow (grass),to harvest |
| 彼等 | かれら | they (usually male) |
| 川 | かわ | river |
| 河 | かわ | river,stream |
| 皮 | かわ | skin,hide,leather,fur,pelt,bark,shell |
| 革 | かわ | leather |
| かわいそう | poor,pitiable,pathetic | |
| かわいらしい | lovely,sweet | |
| 缶 | かん | can,tin |
| 勘 | かん | perception,intuition,the sixth sense |
| 考え | かんがえ | thinking,thought,ideas,intention |
| 感覚 | かんかく | sense,sensation |
| 観客 | かんきゃく | audience,spectator(s) |
| 環境 | かんきょう | environment,circumstance |
| 歓迎 | かんげい | welcome,reception |
| 観光 | かんこう | sightseeing |
| 観察 | かんさつ | observation,survey |
| 感じ | かんじ | feeling,sense,impression |
| 感謝 | かんしゃ | thanks,gratitude |
| 患者 | かんじゃ | a patient |
| 勘定 | かんじょう | calculation,counting,consideration |
| 感情 | かんじょう | emotion(s),feeling(s),sentiment |
| 感じる | かんじる | to feel,to sense,to experience |
| 感心 | かんしん | admiration,Well done! |
| 関心 | かんしん | concern,interest |
| 関する | かんする | to concern,to be related |
| 完成 | かんせい | (1) complete,completion,(2) perfection,accomplishment |
| 完全 | かんぜん | perfection,completeness |
| 感動 | かんどう | being deeply moved,excitement,impression,deep emotion |
| 監督 | かんとく | supervision,control,superintendence |
| 管理 | かんり | control,management (e.g. of a business) |
| 完了 | かんりょう | completion,conclusion |
| 関連 | かんれん | relation,connection,relevance |
| 議員 | ぎいん | member of the Diet, congress or parliament |
| 記憶 | きおく | memory,recollection,remembrance |
| 気温 | きおん | temperature |
| 機械 | きかい | machine,mechanism |
| 議会 | ぎかい | Diet,congress,parliament |
| 期間 | きかん | period,term |
| 機関 | きかん | organ,mechanism,facility,engine |
| 企業 | きぎょう | enterprise,undertaking |
| 効く | きく | to be effective |
| 機嫌 | きげん | humour,temper,mood |
| 気候 | きこう | climate |
| 岸 | きし | bank,coast,shore |
| 生地 | きじ | birthplace |
| 記事 | きじ | article,news story,report,account |
| 技師 | ぎし | engineer,technician |
| 記者 | きしゃ | reporter |
| 傷 | きず | wound,injury,hurt,cut |
| 期待 | きたい | expectation,anticipation,hope |
| 帰宅 | きたく | returning home |
| 貴重 | きちょう | precious,valuable |
| 議長 | ぎちょう | chairman |
| きちんと | precisely,accurately | |
| きつい | tight,close,intense | |
| 気付く | きづく | to notice,to recognize,to become aware of |
| 気に入る | きにいる | to be pleased with,to suit |
| 記入 | きにゅう | entry,filling in of forms |
| 記念 | きねん | commemoration,memory |
| 機能 | きのう | function,faculty |
| 気の毒 | きのどく | pitiful,a pity |
| 寄付 | きふ | contribution,donation |
| 希望 | きぼう | hope,wish,aspiration |
| 基本 | きほん | foundation,basis,standard |
| 決まり | きまり | settlement,conclusion,regulation,rule |
| 気味 | きみ | -like,-looking,-looked |
| 奇妙 | きみょう | strange,queer,curious |
| 義務 | ぎむ | duty,obligation,responsibility |
| 疑問 | ぎもん | question,problem,doubt,guess |
| 逆 | ぎゃく | reverse,opposite |
| キャプテン | captain | |
| キャンプ | camp | |
| 九 | きゅう | nine |
| 旧 | きゅう | ex- |
| 級 | きゅう | class, grade, rank,school class, grade |
| 球 | きゅう | globe,sphere,ball |
| 休暇 | きゅうか | holiday,day off,furlough |
| 休憩 | きゅうけい | rest,break,recess,intermission |
| 急激 | きゅうげき | sudden,precipitous,radical |
| 吸収 | きゅうしゅう | absorption,suction,attraction |
| 救助 | きゅうじょ | relief,aid,rescue |
| 急速 | きゅうそく | rapid (e.g. progress) |
| 急に | きゅうに | |
| 給料 | きゅうりょう | salary,wages |
| 器用 | きよう | skillful,handy |
| 教科書 | きょうかしょ | text book |
| 競技 | きょうぎ | game,match,contest |
| 行儀 | ぎょうぎ | manners |
| 供給 | きょうきゅう | supply,provision |
| 教師 | きょうし | teacher (classroom) |
| 教授 | きょうじゅ | teaching,instruction,professor |
| 強調 | きょうちょう | emphasis,stress,stressed point |
| 共通 | きょうつう | commonness,community |
| 共同 | きょうどう | cooperation,association,collaboration,joint |
| 恐怖 | きょうふ | be afraid,dread,dismay,terror |
| 協力 | きょうりょく | cooperation,collaboration |
| 強力 | きょうりょく | herculean strength,mountain carrier-guide |
| 許可 | きょか | permission,approval |
| 局 | きょく | court lady,lady in waiting |
| 巨大 | きょだい | huge,gigantic,enormous |
| 嫌う | きらう | to hate,to dislike,to loathe |
| 霧 | きり | fog,mist |
| 切れ | きれ | cloth,piece,cut,chop |
| 切れる | きれる | (1) to cut well,to be sharp,(2) to break (off) |
| キロ | (abbr) kilo-,kilogram,kilometre,10^3 | |
| 記録 | きろく | record,minutes,document |
| 議論 | ぎろん | argument,discussion,dispute |
| 金 | きん | (1) gold,(2) gold general (shogi) (abbr) |
| 銀 | ぎん | (1) silver,silver coin,silver paint |
| 禁煙 | きんえん | No Smoking! |
| 金額 | きんがく | amount of money |
| 金庫 | きんこ | safe,vault,treasury,provider of funds |
| 禁止 | きんし | prohibition,ban |
| 金銭 | きんせん | money,cash |
| 金属 | きんぞく | metal |
| 近代 | きんだい | present day |
| 緊張 | きんちょう | tension,mental strain,nervousness |
| 筋肉 | きんにく | muscle,sinew |
| 金融 | きんゆう | monetary circulation,credit situation |
| 金曜 | きんよう | (abbr) Friday |
| 九 | く | nine |
| 句 | く | sentence |
| 食う | くう | (male) (vulg) to eat |
| 偶然 | ぐうぜん | (by) chance,unexpectedly,suddenly |
| 臭い | くさい | odour,scent,smell,stench |
| 鎖 | くさり | chain |
| 腐る | くさる | to rot,to go bad |
| 癖 | くせ | a habit (often a bad habit),peculiarity |
| 管 | くだ | pipe,tube |
| 具体 | ぐたい | concrete,tangible,material |
| 下さる | くださる | (hon) to give,to confer |
| 下り | くだり | down-train (going away from Tokyo) |
| 苦痛 | くつう | pain,agony |