| 制度 | せいど | system,institution,organization |
| 青年 | せいねん | youth,young man |
| 製品 | せいひん | manufactured goods,finished goods |
| 政府 | せいふ | government,administration |
| 生物 | せいぶつ | raw food |
| 生命 | せいめい | life,existence |
| 整理 | せいり | sorting,arrangement,adjustment,regulation |
| 咳 | せき | cough |
| 石炭 | せきたん | coal |
| 責任 | せきにん | duty,responsibility |
| 石油 | せきゆ | oil,petroleum,kerosene |
| 世間 | せけん | world,society |
| 説 | せつ | theory |
| 積極的 | せっきょくてき | positive,active,proactive |
| 設計 | せっけい | plan,design |
| 絶対 | ぜったい | absolute,unconditional,absoluteness |
| セット | set | |
| 設備 | せつび | equipment,device,facilities,installation |
| 絶滅 | ぜつめつ | destruction,extinction |
| 節約 | せつやく | economising,saving |
| 是非 | ぜひ | certainly,without fail |
| 責める | せめる | to condemn,to blame,to criticize |
| 世話 | せわ | looking after,help,aid,assistance |
| 善 | ぜん | good,goodness,right,virtue |
| 全 | ぜん | all,whole,entire,complete,overall,pan |
| 全員 | ぜんいん | all members (unanimity),all hands,the whole crew |
| 専攻 | せんこう | major subject,special study |
| 全国 | ぜんこく | country-wide,nation-wide,whole country,national |
| 先日 | せんじつ | the other day,a few days ago |
| 前者 | ぜんしゃ | the former |
| 選手 | せんしゅ | (1) player (in game),(2) team |
| 前進 | ぜんしん | advance,drive,progress |
| 全然 | ぜんぜん | (1) wholly,entirely,completely,(2) not at all (with neg. verb) |
| センター | a center | |
| 全体 | ぜんたい | whole,entirety,whatever (is the matter) |
| 選択 | せんたく | selection,choice |
| そう | そう | so |
| 象 | ぞう | elephant |
| 騒音 | そうおん | noise |
| 増加 | ぞうか | increase,addition |
| 操作 | そうさ | operation,management,processing |
| 掃除 | そうじ | cleaning,sweeping |
| 想像 | そうぞう | imagination,guess |
| 相続 | そうぞく | succession,inheritance |
| 相談 | そうだん | consultation,discussion |
| 装置 | そうち | equipment,installation,apparatus |
| 相当 | そうとう | suitable,fair,tolerable,proper |
| 速度 | そくど | speed,velocity,rate |
| そこ | そこ | bottom,sole |
| 底 | そこ | bottom,sole |
| そこで | so (conj),accordingly,now,then,thereupon | |
| 組織 | そしき | (1) organization,(2) structure,construction,(3) tissue,(4) system |
| そして | and | |
| 注ぐ | そそぐ | to pour (into),to irrigate,to pay,to fill,to feed (e.g. a fire) |
| 育つ | そだつ | to raise (child),to be brought up,to grow (up) |
| そっくり | all,altogether,entirely,be just like,the splitting image of | |
| そっと | face of the earth | |
| 袖 | そで | sleeve |
| 備える | そなえる | to furnish,to provide for,to equip,to install |
| その | その | the,that |
| そのうち | eventually,sooner or later,of the previously mentioned | |
| そのまま | without change,as it is (i.e. now) | |
| 側 | そば | side,edge,third person |
| ソファー | sofa,couch | |
| 粗末 | そまつ | crude,rough,plain,humble |
| それ | （接。感） | it,that |
| それぞれ | each,every,either,respectively,severally | |
| それでも | but (still),and yet,nevertheless,even so,notwithstanding | |
| それと | ||
| それとも | or,or else | |
| 損 | そん | loss,disadvantage |
| 損害 | そんがい | damage,injury,loss |
| 尊敬 | そんけい | respect,esteem,reverence,honour |
| 存在 | そんざい | existence,being |
| 尊重 | そんちょう | respect,esteem,regard |
| 田 | た | rice field |
| 他 | た | other (esp. places and things) |
| 対 | たい | pair,couple,set |
| 大 | だい | |
| 台 | だい | stand,rack,table,support |
| 題 | だい | title,subject,theme,topic |
| 体育 | たいいく | physical education,gymnastics,athletics |
| 体温 | たいおん | temperature (body) |
| 大会 | たいかい | convention,tournament,mass meeting,rally |
| 大気 | たいき | atmosphere |
| 代金 | だいきん | price,payment,cost,charge |
| 退屈 | たいくつ | tedium,boredom |
| 滞在 | たいざい | stay,sojourn |
| 大使 | たいし | ambassador |
| 大した | たいした | considerable,great,important,significant,a big deal |
| 対象 | たいしょう | target,object (of worship, study, etc),subject (of taxation, etc) |
| 大臣 | だいじん | cabinet minister |
| 対する | たいする | to face,to confront,to oppose |
| 大戦 | たいせん | great war,great battle |
| 大抵 | たいてい | usually,generally |
| 態度 | たいど | attitude,manner |
| 大統領 | だいとうりょう | president,chief executive |
| 大半 | たいはん | majority,mostly,generally |
| 代表 | だいひょう | representative,representation,delegation,type,example,model |
| 大部分 | だいぶぶん | most part,greater part,majority |
| タイプライター | typewriter | |
| 大変 | たいへん | awful,dreadful,terrible,very |
| 逮捕 | たいほ | arrest,apprehension,capture |
| ダイヤ | (1) dyer,(2) diagram,(3) (railway) schedule,(4) diamond | |
| 太陽 | たいよう | sun,solar |
| 平ら | たいら | flatness,level,smooth,calm,plain |
| 代理 | だいり | representation,agency,proxy,deputy,agent |
| 大陸 | たいりく | continent |
| 倒す | たおす | to throw down,to beat,to bring down,to blow down |
| タオル | (hand) towel | |
| だが | だが | |
| 互い | たがい | mutual,reciprocal |
| 宝 | たから | treasure |
| だから | だから | so,therefore |
| 宅 | たく | house,home,husband |
| だけど | however | |
| 確かめる | たしかめる | to ascertain |
| 多少 | たしょう | more or less,somewhat,a little,some |
| 助ける | たすける | to help,to save,to rescue |
| ただ | free of charge,mere,only | |
| 唯 | ただ | free of charge,mere,sole,only,usual,common |
| 戦い | たたかい | battle,fight,struggle,conflict |
| 戦う | たたかう | to fight,to battle,to combat |
| 叩く | たたく | to strike,to clap,to dust,to beat |
| 直ちに | ただちに | at once,immediately,directly,in person |
| 立ち上がる | たちあがる | to stand up |
| 立場 | たちば | standpoint,position,situation |
| 経つ | たつ | to pass,to lapse |
| 達する | たっする | to reach,to get to |
| 唯 | たった | free of charge,mere,sole,only,usual,common |
| だって | but,because,even,also,too | |
| たっぷり | full,in plenty,ample | |
| 縦 | たて | length,height |
| たとえ | simile,metaphor,allegory | |
| 谷 | たに | valley |
| 他人 | たにん | another person,unrelated person,outsider,stranger |
| 種 | たね | (1) seed,(2) material,(3) cause,source |
| 束 | たば | handbreadth,bundle |
| 度 | たび | counter for occurrences |
| 旅 | たび | travel,trip,journey |
| たびたび | often,repeatedly,frequently | |
| 多分 | たぶん | perhaps,probably |
| 玉 | たま | ball,sphere,coin |
| 球 | たま | globe,sphere,ball |
| 弾 | たま | bullet,shot,shell |
| 偶 | たま | even number,couple,man and wife,friend |
| 偶々 | たまたま | casually,unexpectedly,accidentally,by chance |
| たまらない | intolerable,unbearable,unendurable | |
| 黙る | だまる | to be silent |
| 駄目 | だめ | useless,no good,hopeless |
| 試し | ためし | trial,test |
| 試す | ためす | to attempt,to test |
| 便り | たより | news,tidings,information,correspondence,letter |
| 頼る | たよる | to rely on,to have recourse to,to depend on |
| 誰か | だれか | someone,somebody |
| 段 | だん | step,stair,flight of steps,grade,rank,level |
| 単位 | たんい | unit,denomination,credit (in school) |
| 単語 | たんご | word,vocabulary,(usually) single-character word |
| 男子 | だんし | youth,young man |
| 単純 | たんじゅん | simplicity |
| 誕生 | たんじょう | birth |
| ダンス | dance | |
| 団体 | だんたい | organization,association |
| 担当 | たんとう | (in) charge |
| 単なる | たんなる | mere,simple,sheer |
| 単に | たんに | simply,merely,only,solely |
| 地 | ち | earth |
| 地位 | ちい | (social) position,status |
| 地域 | ちいき | area,region |
| チーズ | cheese | |
| チーム | team | |
| 知恵 | ちえ | wisdom,wit,sagacity,sense,intelligence,advice |
| 地下 | ちか | basement,underground |
| 違い | ちがい | difference,discrepancy |
| 違いない | ちがいない | (phrase) sure,no mistaking it,for certain |
| 近頃 | ちかごろ | lately,recently,nowadays |
| 地球 | ちきゅう | the earth |
| 地区 | ちく | district,section,sector |
| 遅刻 | ちこく | lateness,late coming |
| 知事 | ちじ | prefectural governor |
| 知識 | ちしき | knowledge,information |
| 父親 | ちちおや | father |
| 知能 | ちのう | intelligence,brains |
| 地平線 | ちへいせん | horizon |
| 地方 | ちほう | area,locality,district,region,the coast |
| 茶 | ちゃ | tea |
| チャンス | chance,opportunity | |
| ちゃんと | perfectly,properly,exactly | |
| 中 | ちゅう | inside,middle,among |
| 注 | ちゅう | annotation,explanatory note |
| 中央 | ちゅうおう | centre,central,center,middle |
| 中学 | ちゅうがく | middle school,junior high school |
| 中古 | ちゅうこ | (1) used,second-hand,old |
| 中止 | ちゅうし | suspension,stoppage,discontinuance,interruption |
| 駐車 | ちゅうしゃ | parking (e.g. car) |
| 昼食 | ちゅうしょく | lunch,midday meal |
| 中心 | ちゅうしん | center,core,heart,pivot,emphasis,balance |
| 注目 | ちゅうもく | notice,attention,observation |
| 注文 | ちゅうもん | order,request |
| 長期 | ちょうき | long time period |
| 調査 | ちょうさ | investigation,examination,inquiry,survey |
| 調子 | ちょうし | tune,tone,key |
| 頂上 | ちょうじょう | top,summit,peak |
| ちょうだい | (1) please do for me (preceded by -te),(2) reception,being given,get | |
| 貯金 | ちょきん | (bank) savings |
| 直接 | ちょくせつ | direct,immediate,personal,firsthand |
| 著者 | ちょしゃ | author,writer |
| 遂に | ついに | finally,at last |
| 通過 | つうか | passage through,passing |
| 通学 | つうがく | commuting to school |
| 通行 | つうこう | passage,passing |
| 通じる | つうじる | to run to,to lead to,to communicate,to understand |
| 通信 | つうしん | correspondence,communication,news,signal |
| 捕まる | つかまる | to be caught,to be arrested |
| 掴む | つかむ | to seize,to catch,to grasp |
| 疲れ | つかれ | tiredness,fatigue |
| 月 | つき | moon,month |
| 付き合い | つきあい | association,socializing,fellowship |
| 次々 | つぎつぎ | in succession,one by one |
| 就く | つく | to settle in (place),to take (seat, position),to study (under teacher) |
| 注ぐ | つぐ | to pour (into),to irrigate,to pay |
| 付ける | つける | to attach,to join,to add,to append |
| 土 | つち | earth,soil |
| 続き | つづき | sequel,continuation |
| 包み | つつみ | bundle,package,parcel,bale |
| 勤め | つとめ | (1) service,duty,business,responsibility,task,(2) Buddhist religious services |
| 務め | つとめ | (1) service,duty,(2) Buddhist religious services |
| 繋ぐ | つなぐ | to tie,to fasten,to connect,to transfer (phone call) |
| 常に | つねに | always,constantly |
| 翼 | つばさ | wings |
| つまり | in short,in brief,in other words | |
| 罪 | つみ | crime,fault,indiscretion |
| 詰める | つめる | to pack,to shorten,to work out (details) |
| 積もる | つもる | to pile up |
| 梅雨 | つゆ | rainy season,rain during the rainy season |
| 辛い | つらい | painful,heart-breaking |
| 釣 | つり | |
| 連れ | つれ | companion,company |