| 弁当 | べんとう | box lunch |
| 方 | ほう | side |
| 法 | ほう | Act (law: the X Act) |
| 棒 | ぼう | pole,rod,stick |
| 冒険 | ぼうけん | risk,venture,adventure |
| 方向 | ほうこう | direction,course,way |
| 報告 | ほうこく | report,information |
| 宝石 | ほうせき | gem,jewel |
| 放送 | ほうそう | broadcast,broadcasting |
| 豊富 | ほうふ | abundance,wealth,plenty,bounty |
| 方法 | ほうほう | method,manner,way,means,technique |
| 方々 | ほうぼう | persons,this and that,here and there,everywhere |
| 訪問 | ほうもん | call,visit |
| 吠える | ほえる | to bark,to bay,to howl,to bellow,to roar,to cry |
| ボーイ | boy |
| ボート | rowing boat |
| ホーム | (1) platform,(2) home |
| ボール | ball,bowl |
| 他 | ほか | other (esp. places and things) |
| 外 | ほか | other place,the rest |
| 誇り | ほこり | pride |
| 埃 | ほこり | dust |
| 保証 | ほしょう | guarantee,security,assurance,pledge,warranty |
| 保存 | ほぞん | preservation,conservation,storage,maintenance |
| 程 | ほど | degree,extent,bounds,limit |
| 歩道 | ほどう | footpath,walkway,sidewalk |
| 仏 | ほとけ | Buddha,merciful person,Buddhist image,the dead |
| 骨 | ほね | bone |
| 炎 | ほのお | flame |
| 頬 | ほほ | cheek (of face) |
| 頬 | ほお | cheek (of face) |
| ほぼ | almost,roughly,approximately |
| 微笑む | ほほえむ | to smile |
| 褒める | ほめる | to praise,to admire,to speak well |
| 濠 | ほり | moat |
| 本当 | ほんと | truth,reality |
| 本当 | ほんとう | truth,reality |
| 本人 | ほんにん | the person himself |
| 本物 | ほんもの | genuine article |
| ぼんやり | absent-minded,block-head,dim,faint,vague |
| 間 | ま | space,room,time,pause |
| まあ | (female) you might say |
| マーケット | market |
| マイク | mike |
| 迷子 | まいご | lost (stray) child |
| 任せる | まかせる | to entrust to another,to leave to |
| 幕 | まく | curtain,bunting,act (in play) |
| 負け | まけ | defeat,loss,losing (a game) |
| 孫 | まご | grandchild |
| まさか | by no means |
| まさに | correctly,surely |
| 真面目 | まじめ | diligent,serious,honest |
| 増す | ます | to increase,to grow |
| 先ず | まず | first (of all),to start with,about,almost,hardly (with neg. verb) |
| 貧しい | まずしい | poor,needy |
| マスター | proprietor,manager,barowner,master (e.g. arts, science) |
| ますます | increasingly,more and more |
| 又 | また | again,and |
| 未だ | まだ | yet,still,more,besides |
| 街 | まち | (1) town,(2) street,road |
| 間違い | まちがい | mistake |
| 松 | まつ | (1) pine tree,(2) highest (of a three-tier ranking system) |
| 真っ赤 | まっか | deep red,flushed (of face) |
| 真っ直ぐ | まっすぐ | straight (ahead),direct,upright |
| 全く | まったく | really,truly,entirely,completely |
| 祭 | まつり | festival,feast |
| 学ぶ | まなぶ | to study (in depth),to learn,to take lessons in |
| 真似 | まね | mimicry,imitation,behavior,pretense |
| 招く | まねく | to invite |
| ママ | Mama |
| 豆 | まめ | beans,peas |
| 守る | まもる | to protect,to obey,to guard,to abide (by the rules) |
| 丸 | まる | circle,full (month),perfection,purity,suffix for ship names |
| 円 | まる | circle,money |
| 丸い | まるい | round,circular,spherical |
| まるで | quite,entirely,completely |
| 回す | まわす | to turn,to revolve |
| 回り | まわり | circumference,surroundings,circulation |
| 万一 | まんいち | by some chance,by some possibility,if by any chance,10E4:1 odds |
| 満足 | まんぞく | satisfaction |
| 身 | み | body,main part,oneself,sword |
| 実 | み | fruit,nut,seed,content,good result |
| 見送り | みおくり | seeing one off,farewell,escort |
| 味方 | みかた | friend,ally,supporter |
| 見事 | みごと | splendid,magnificent,beautiful,admirable |
| ミス | miss (mistake, error, failure),Miss |
| 満ちる | みちる | to be full,to rise (tide),to mature,to expire |
| 密 | みつ | |
| 認める | みとめる | to recognize,to appreciate,to approve,to admit,to notice |
| 皆 | みんな | all,everyone,everybody |
| 見舞い | みまい | enquiry,expression of sympathy,expression of concern |
| 土産 | みやげ | present,souvenir |
| 都 | みやこ | capital |
| 妙 | みょう | strange,unusual |
| 明後日 | みょうごにち | day after tomorrow |
| 未来 | みらい | future (life, tense) |
| 魅力 | みりょく | charm,fascination,glamour |
| 見る | みる | to see,to watch |
| ミルク | milk |
| 無 | む | nothing,naught,nil,zero |
| 向かい | むかい | facing,opposite,across the street,other side |
| 迎え | むかえ | meeting,person sent to pick up an arrival |
| 向く | むく | to face |
| 向ける | むける | to turn towards,to point |
| 無視 | むし | disregard,ignore |
| 虫歯 | むしば | cavity,tooth decay,decayed tooth,caries |
| 寧ろ | むしろ | rather,better,instead |
| 結ぶ | むすぶ | to tie,to bind,to link |
| 無駄 | むだ | futility,uselessness |
| 夢中 | むちゅう | daze,(in a) trance,ecstasy,delirium,engrossment |
| 胸 | むね | breast,chest |
| 無料 | むりょう | free,no charge |
| 芽 | め | sprout |
| 明確 | めいかく | clear up,clarify,define |
| 命じる | めいじる | to order,to command,to appoint |
| 名人 | めいじん | master,expert |
| 命令 | めいれい | order,command,decree,directive,(software) instruction |
| 迷惑 | めいわく | trouble,bother,annoyance |
| 飯 | めし | (sl) meals,food |
| 滅多に | めったに | rarely (with neg. verb),seldom |
| メモ | memorandum |
| 面 | めん | face,mug,surface,facial features,mask,face guard,side or facet,corner,page |
| 綿 | めん | cotton,padding |
| 免許 | めんきょ | license,permit,licence,certificate |
| 面倒 | めんどう | trouble,difficulty,care,attention |
| メンバー | member |
| 申し込む | もうしこむ | to apply for,to make an application |
| 申し訳 | もうしわけ | apology,excuse |
| 毛布 | もうふ | blanket |
| 燃える | もえる | to burn |
| 目的 | もくてき | purpose,goal,aim,objective,intention |
| 目標 | もくひょう | mark,objective,target |
| 木曜 | もくよう | Thursday |
| 文字 | もじ | letter (of alphabet),character |
| 文字 | もんじ | letter (of alphabet),character |
| もしも | if |
| 持ち上げる | もちあげる | to raise,to lift up,to flatter |
| 用いる | もちいる | to use,to make use of |
| 勿論 | もちろん | of course,certainly,naturally |
| 最も | もっとも | most,extremely |
| 尤も | もっとも | quite right,plausible,natural,but then,although |
| 元 | もと | (1) origin,original,(2) former |
| 基 | もと | basis |
| 素 | もと | prime |
| 戻す | もどす | to restore,to put back,to return |
| 基づく | もとづく | to be grounded on,to be based on,to be due to,to originate from |
| 求める | もとめる | to seek,to request,to demand,to want,to wish for,to search for,to pursue (pleasure),to hunt (a job), |
| 者 | もの | person |
| 物音 | ものおと | sounds |
| 物語 | ものがたり | tale,story,legend |
| 物事 | ものごと | things,everything |
| 模様 | もよう | pattern,figure,design |
| 貰う | もらう | to receive |
| 文句 | もんく | phrase,complaint |
| やがて | before long,soon,at length |
| 役 | やく | use,service,role,position |
| 約 | やく | approximately,about,some |
| 訳 | やく | meaning,reason,circumstances,can be deduced,situation |
| 役割 | やくわり | part,assigning (allotment of) parts,role,duties |
| 家賃 | やちん | rent |
| 厄介 | やっかい | trouble,burden,care,bother |
| 宿 | やど | inn,lodging |
| 雇う | やとう | to employ,to hire |
| 屋根 | やね | roof |
| やはり | also,as I thought,still,in spite of,absolutely,of course |
| 破る | やぶる | to tear,to violate,to defeat,to smash,to destroy |
| 辞める | やめる | to retire |
| やや | a little,partially,somewhat,a short time,a while |
| 唯一 | ゆいいつ | only,sole,unique |
| 勇気 | ゆうき | courage,bravery,valour,nerve,boldness |
| 有効 | ゆうこう | validity,availability,effectiveness |
| 優秀 | ゆうしゅう | superiority,excellence |
| 優勝 | ゆうしょう | overall victory,championship |
| 友情 | ゆうじょう | friendship,fellowship |
| 友人 | ゆうじん | friend |
| 有能 | ゆうのう | able,capable,efficient,skill |
| 郵便 | ゆうびん | mail,postal service |
