| 夕べ | ゆうべ | evening |
| ユーモア | humor | |
| 有利 | ゆうり | advantageous,better,profitable,lucrative |
| 床 | ゆか | floor |
| 愉快 | ゆかい | pleasant,happy |
| 輸出 | ゆしゅつ | export |
| 譲る | ゆずる | to turn over,to assign,to hand over |
| 豊か | ゆたか | abundant,wealthy,plentiful,rich |
| ゆっくり | slowly,at ease | |
| 輸入 | ゆにゅう | importation,import,introduction |
| 許す | ゆるす | to permit,to allow,to approve |
| 夜 | よ | evening,night |
| 夜明け | よあけ | dawn,daybreak |
| 様 | よう | way,manner,kind |
| 酔う | よう | to get drunk,to become intoxicated |
| 容易 | ようい | easy,simple,plain |
| 陽気 | ようき | season,weather,cheerfulness |
| 要求 | ようきゅう | request,demand,requisition |
| 用心 | ようじん | care,precaution,guarding,caution |
| 様子 | ようす | aspect,state,appearance |
| 要するに | ようするに | in a word,after all,the point is ..,in short .. |
| 要素 | ようそ | element |
| 要点 | ようてん | gist,main point |
| 曜日 | ようび | day of the week |
| ヨーロッパ | Europe | |
| 予期 | よき | expectation,assume will happen,forecast |
| 横切る | よこぎる | to cross (e.g. arms),to traverse |
| 予算 | よさん | estimate,budget |
| 止す | よす | to cease,to abolish,to resign,to give up |
| 予測 | よそく | prediction,estimation |
| ヨット | yacht | |
| 夜中 | よなか | midnight,dead of night |
| 世の中 | よのなか | society,the world,the times |
| 余分 | よぶん | extra,excess,surplus |
| 予報 | よほう | forecast,prediction |
| 予防 | よぼう | prevention,precaution,protection against |
| 読み | よみ | reading |
| 嫁 | よめ | bride,daughter-in-law |
| 余裕 | よゆう | surplus,composure,margin,room,time,allowance,scope,rope |
| より | twist,ply | |
| よると | according to | |
| 喜び | よろこび | (a) joy,(a) delight,rapture,pleasure,gratification,rejoicing,congratulations,felicitations |
| 宜しい | よろしい | (hon) good,OK,all right,fine,very well,will do,may,can |
| よろしく | （感） | well,properly,suitably,best regards,please remember me |
| 四 | よん | four |
| 来 | らい | ,for (10 days),next (year) |
| ライター | lighter,rider,writer | |
| 楽 | らく | comfort,ease |
| ラケット | paddle,racket | |
| 利益 | りえき | profits,gains,(political, economic) interest |
| 理解 | りかい | understanding,comprehension |
| 陸 | りく | six (used in legal documents) |
| 利口 | りこう | clever,shrewd,bright,sharp,wise,intelligent |
| 離婚 | りこん | divorce |
| 理想 | りそう | ideal |
| 率 | りつ | rate,ratio,proportion,percentage |
| 立派 | りっぱ | splendid,fine,handsome,elegant,imposing,prominent,legal,legitimate |
| 留学 | りゅうがく | studying abroad |
| 流行 | りゅうこう | fashionable,fad,in vogue,prevailing |
| 量 | りょう | quantity,amount,volume,portion (of food) |
| 両替 | りょうがえ | change,money exchange |
| 料金 | りょうきん | fee,charge,fare |
| 例 | れい | instance,example,case |
| 礼 | れい | expression of gratitude |
| 礼儀 | れいぎ | manners,courtesy,etiquette |
| 冷静 | れいせい | calm,composure,coolness,serenity |
| 列 | れつ | queue,line,row |
| 列車 | れっしゃ | train (ordinary) |
| レポート | report,paper | |
| 練習 | れんしゅう | practice |
| 連想 | れんそう | association (of ideas),suggestion |
| 連続 | れんぞく | serial,consecutive,continuity,continuing |
| 老人 | ろうじん | the aged,old person |
| 労働 | ろうどう | manual labor,toil,work |
| ロケット | locket,rocket | |
| 論じる | ろんじる | to argue,to discuss,to debate |
| 論争 | ろんそう | controversy,dispute |
| 論文 | ろんぶん | thesis,essay,treatise,paper |
| 輪 | わ | ring,hoop,circle |
| ワイン | wine | |
| わがまま | selfishness,egoism,wilfulness,disobedience,whim | |
| 別れ | わかれ | parting,separation,farewell |
| 脇 | わき | side |
| 分ける | わける | to divide,to separate |
| わざと | on purpose | |
| 僅か | わずか | only,merely,a little,small quantity |
| 綿 | わた | cotton,padding |
| 話題 | わだい | topic,subject |
| 笑い | わらい | laugh,laughter,smile |
| 割る | わる | to divide,to cut,to break,to halve |
| 悪口 | わるくち | abuse,insult,slander,evil speaking |
| 我々 | われわれ | we |
| 湾 | わん | bay,gulf,inlet |
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