Kyoiku kanji
Encyclopedia
, also known as is a list of 1,006 kanji
and associated readings developed and maintained by the Japanese Ministry of Education
that prescribes which kanji, and which readings of kanji, Japanese schoolchildren should learn for each year of primary school. Although the list is designed for Japanese children, it can also be used as a sequence of learning characters by non-native speakers as a means of focusing on the most commonly used kanji.
Kyōiku kanji is a subset of Jōyō kanji
.
Note 2: In the Kun readings, readings after - (hyphen) are Okurigana
.
| Kanji >
Meaning
On
Kun
>-
|
one
ichi, itsu
>-
| two
ni, ji
>-
| three
san
>-
| four
shi
>-
| five
go
>-
| six
roku
>-
| seven
shichi
>-
| eight
hachi
>-
| nine
ku or kyū
>-
| ten
jū
>-
| hundred
hyaku
>-
| thousand
sen
>-
| top
jō
>-
| below
ka or ge
>-
| left
sa
>-
| right
u or yū
>-
| inside, middle
chū
>-
| large
dai
>-
| small
shō
>-
| month; moon
gatsu or getsu
>-
| day; sun
nichi
>-
| year
nen
>-
| early
sō
>-
| tree
moku; boku
>-
| woods
rin
>-
| mountain
san
>-
| river
sen
>-
| soil
do
>-
| sky
kū
>-
| rice paddy
den
>-
| heaven; sky
ten
>-
| life
sei or shō
>-
| flower
ka
>-
| grass
sō
>-
| insect
chū
>-
| dog
ken
>-
| person
jin or nin
>-
| name
mei or myō
>-
| female
jo or nyo
>-
| male
dan or nan
>-
| child
shi or su
>-
| eye
moku
>-
| ear
ji or ni
>-
| mouth
kō
>-
| hand
shu
>-
| foot or leg
soku
>-
| see
ken
>-
| sound
on
>-
| power
riki or ryoku
>-
| spirit
>-
| circle; yen
en
>-
| enter
nyū
>-
| exit
shutsu
>-
| stand up
ritsu
>-
| rest
kyū
>-
| previous
sen
>-
| evening
seki
>-
| book
hon
>-
| writing
bun or mon
>-
| character
ji
>-
| study
gaku
>-
| school
>-
| village
son
>-
| town
chō
>-
| forest
shin
>-
| correct
sei
>-
| water
sui
>-
| fire
ka
>-
| gem
gyoku
>-
| king
>-
| stone
seki
>-
| bamboo
chiku
>-
| thread
shi
>-
| shellfish
>-
| wheeled vehicle
sha
>-
| gold
kin
>-
| rain
u
>-
| red
seki
>-
| blue
sei
>-
| white
haku
shiro
| Kanji >
Meaning
On
Kun
>-
|
number
sū
>-
|many,much
ta
>-
|a few, a little
shō
>-
|ten thousand
man
>-
|half
han
>-
| shape
kei or gyō
>-
| great
ta
>-
| thin
sai
>-
| wide
kō
>-
| long
chō
>-
| point
ten
>-
| circle
gan
>-
| mix
kō
>-
| light
kō
>-
| angle,corner
kaku
>-
| measure
kei
>-
| straight,correct
choku,jiki
>-
| line
>-
| arrow
shi
>-
| weak
jaku
>-
| strong
kyō
>-
| tall or high
kō
>-
| same
dō
>-
| parent
shin
>-
| mother
bo
>-
| father
fu
>-
| older sister
shi
>-
| older brother
kei
>-
| younger brother
tei or dai
>-
| younger sister
mai
>-
| oneself
ji or shi
>-
| friend
yū
>-
| body
tai
>-
| hair
mō
>-
| head
tō
>-
| face
gan
>-
| neck
shu
>-
| heart
shin
>-
| time
ji
>-
| weekday
>-
| morning
chō
>-
| daytime
chū
>-
| night
ya
>-
| minute; understand
fun,bun
>-
| week
>-
| spring
shun
>-
| summer
ka
>-
| autumn
shū
>-
| winter
tō
>-
| now
kon
>-
| new
shin
>-
| old
ko
>-
| interval
kan,ken
>-
| direction
hō
>-
| north
hoku
>-
| south
nan
>-
| east
tō
>-
| west
sei or sai
>-
| far
en
>-
| near
kin
>-
| in front
zen
>-
| behind
go,kou
>-
| inside
nai
>-
| outside
gai or ge
>-
| place
jō
>-
| ground
>-
| country
koku
>-
| garden
en
>-
| valley
koku
>-
| field
ya
>-
| field, origin
gen
>-
| village
ri
>-
| city
shi
>-
| capital
kyō or kei
>-
| wind
fū
>-
| snow
setsu
>-
| cloud
un
>-
| pond
chi
>-
| sea
kai
>-
| rock
gan
>-
| star
sei
>-
| room
shitsu
>-
| door
ko
>-
| house
ka or ke
>-
| Buddhist temple
ji
>-
| pass through
tsū
>-
| gates
mon
>-
| road
dō
>-
| talk
wa
>-
| say
gen,gon
>-
| answer
tō
>-
| voice
sei
>-
| hear
bun or mon
>-
| language
go
>-
| read
doku
>-
| write
sho
>-
| write down
ki
>-
| paper
shi
>-
| picture
>-
| picture
kai
>-
| drawing
zu
>-
| craft
>-
| teach
kyō
>-
| clear
sei
>-
| think
shi
>-
| think about
kō
>-
| know
chi
>-
| ability
sai,zai
>-
| reason
ri
>-
| calculate
>-
| make
saku
>-
| origin
gen or gan
>-
| eat,meal
shoku
>-
| meat
>-
| horse
ba
>-
| cow
gyū
>-
| fish
gyo
>-
| bird
chō
>-
| feather
u
>-
| chirp
mei
>-
| wheat
baku
>-
| rice
bei or mai
>-
| tea
>-
| colour
shoku
>-
| yellow
ō
>-
| black
koku
>-
| come
rai
>-
| go
kō or gyō
>-
| return home
ki
>-
| walk
ho
>-
| run
sō
>-
| stop
shi
>-
| active, alive
katsu
>-
| store
ten
>-
| buy
bai
>-
| sell
bai
>-
| noon
go
>-
| steam
>-
| bow
kyū
>-
| -times, to revolve
>-
| association
kai or e
>-
| association, team
so
>-
| ship
sen
>-
| bright
mei
>-
| company
sha
>-
| cut
setsu
>-
| electricity
>-
| every
>-
| fit
gō
>-
| hit
tō
>-
| base
>-
| pleasure
raku
>-
| public
kou
>-
| pull
in
>-
| section
>-
| song
ka
>-
| sword
tō
>-
| number
>-
| use
yō
>-
| what
ka
nani or nan
| Kanji >
Meaning
On
Kun
>-
|
pair
>-
| world
sei or se
>-
| both
>-
| master
shu
>-
| ride
jō
>-
| in advance
yo
>-
| abstract thing
ji
>-
| serve
shi
>-
| other
ta
>-
| substitute
dai or tai
>-
| dwell
jū
>-
| use
shi
>-
| person in charge
kei
>-
| double
>-
| whole
zen
>-
| tool
>-
| copy
sha
>-
| row
>-
| help
jo
>-
| diligence
ben
>-
| move
dō
>-
| win
shō
>-
| disguise, -ification
ka
>-
| ward
>-
| doctor
>-
| leave
kyo or ko
>-
| anti-
han
>-
| take
shu
>-
| receive
ju
>-
| number
>-
| face(v.)
kō
>-
| you
kun
>-
| flavor
mi
>-
| life
mei
>-
| peace, sum
>-
| article
hin
>-
| member
>-
| commerce
>-
| question
mon
>-
| slope
>-
| center
>-
| begin
shi
>-
| committee
i
>-
| protect
shu
>-
| cheap
an
>-
| fix
tei or jō
>-
| fruit or content
jitsu
>-
| guest
>-
| Shinto shrine or prince (princess)
kyū
>-
| inn
shuku
>-
| cold
kan
>-
| opposite
>-
| office
>-
| premise
oku
>-
| shore
gan
>-
| island
tō
>-
| state
>-
| account book
>-
| flat
hei or byō
>-
| happiness
kō
>-
| degrees, occurrences
>-
| warehouse
>-
| garden
tei
>-
| style
>-
| role
>-
| wait
tai
>-
| hurry
kyū
>-
| breath
soku
>-
| bad
aku
>-
| sad
hi
>-
| thought
>-
| idea
>-
| feel
>-
| place
sho
>-
| hit
da
>-
| throw
tō
>-
| pick up
>-
| hold
ji
>-
| finger
shi
>-
| release
hō
>-
| put in order
sei
>-
| trip
ryo
>-
| tribe
>-
| long ago
>-
| clear
>-
| hot
sho
>-
| dark
an
>-
| sheet music / crooked
kyoku
>-
| be, possession
yū
>-
| clothes
>-
| period of time
>-
| board
han or ban
>-
| pillar
chū
>-
| root
kon
>-
| plant
shoku
>-
| business
>-
| appearance or Mr (Mrs,Ms)
yō
>-
| side
ō
>-
| bridge
kyō
>-
| next
ji
>-
| tooth
shi
>-
| death
shi
>-
| ice
hyō
>-
| decide
ketsu
>-
| oil
yu
>-
| wave
ha
>-
| pour
chū
>-
| swim
ei
>-
| ocean, western
>-
| stream
ryū
>-
| extinguish
shō
>-
| deep
shin
>-
| warm
on
>-
| harbor
kō
>-
| lake
ko
>-
| hot water
tō
>-
| China
>-
| charcoal
tan
>-
| thing
butsu or motsu
>-
| ball
kyū
>-
| reason
yū or yu
>-
| say
>-
| world
>-
| agricultural field
>-
| sick
byō
>-
| departure
>-
| climb
tō or to
>-
| skin
hi
>-
| dish
>-
| mutual
sō
>-
| prefecture
>-
| true
shin
>-
| wear or arrive
chaku
>-
| short
tan
>-
| sharpen
ken
>-
| thanks
>-
| god(s)
shin or jin
>-
| festival
sai
>-
| luck
>-
| second
>-
| research
>-
| chapter
>-
| juvenile
>-
| whistle
teki
>-
| ordinal number prefix
>-
| writing brush
hitsu
>-
| class
tō
>-
| box
>-
| rank
>-
| end
shū
>-
| green
ryoku
>-
| practice
ren
>-
| sheep
yō
>-
| beauty
bi
>-
| learn
shū
>-
| someone
sha
>-
| nurture
iku
>-
| suffer
ku
>-
| luggage
ka
>-
| fall
raku
>-
| leaf
yō
>-
| medicine
yaku
>-
| blood
ketsu
>-
| list or surface
hyō
>-
| poem
>-
| investigate
chō
>-
| discuss
>-
| beans
tō or zu
>-
| lose
fu
>-
| wake up
ki
>-
| road
ro
>-
| body
shin
>-
| revolve
ten
>-
| light
kei
>-
| farming
>-
| return
hen
>-
| follow
tsui
>-
| send
sō
>-
| fast
soku
>-
| advance
shin
>-
| play
yū
>-
| carry
un
>-
| part
>-
| metropolis
to or tsu
>-
| distribute
hai
>-
| rice wine
shu
>-
| heavy
jū or chō
>-
| iron
>-
| silver
>-
| open
kai
>-
| institution
>-
| sunshine
>-
| floor of a building
>-
| collect
shū
>-
| face
men
>-
| topic
>-
| drink
in
>-
| public building
>-
| station
>-
| nose
bi
hana
| Kanji >
Meaning
On
Kun
>-
|
not
>-
| conflict
sō
>-
| attach
fu
>-
| orders
>-
| since
>-
| go-between
chū
>-
| transmit
den
>-
| rank
i
>-
| low
tei
>-
| example
rei
>-
| convenience
ben or bin
>-
| trust
>-
| storage
sō
>-
| climate
>-
| borrow
shaku
>-
| halt
>-
| healthy
>-
| side
soku
>-
| work
dō
>-
| hundred million
>-
| portent or trillion
chō
>-
| child
>-
| together
kyō
>-
| soldier
hei or hyō
>-
| code
>-
| cool
rei
>-
| first
sho
>-
| separate
betsu
>-
| profit
>-
| printing
satsu
>-
| vice-
>-
| achievement
>-
| add
ka
>-
| toil
do
>-
| labor
rō
>-
| courage
yū
>-
| wrap
hō
>-
| graduate
>-
| cooperation
>-
| simple
>-
| Dr.
>-
| mark
in
>-
| participate
san
>-
| history
>-
| director
>-
| each
kaku
>-
| tell
koku
>-
| circumference
shū
>-
| chant
shō
>-
| rejoice
ki
>-
| container
ki
>-
| surround
i
>-
| harden
ko
>-
| model
kei
>-
| public chamber
>-
| salt
en
>-
| gentleman
>-
| change
hen
>-
| husband
fu fuu bu
>-
| lose
shitsu
>-
| like
kō
>-
| seasons
>-
| grandchild
son
>-
| perfect
>-
| government official
>-
| harm
>-
| guess
>-
| nest
sō
>-
| distinction
>-
| hope
ki
>-
| seat
>-
| sash
tai
>-
| bottom
tei
>-
| urban prefecture
>-
| ease
>-
| build
ken
>-
| diameter
>-
| junior
>-
| acquire
toku
>-
| without fail
hitsu
>-
| thought
>-
| love
>-
| become
sei
>-
| war
sen
>-
| fold
setsu
>-
| raise
kyo
>-
| reformation
kai
>-
| salvation
kyū
>-
| failure
hai
>-
| scatter
san
>-
| fee
>-
| national flag
ki
>-
| previous
>-
| scenery
>-
| most
sai
>-
| hope
bō
>-
| un-
mi
>-
| end
matsu
>-
| tag
satsu
>-
| lumber
>-
| bundle
soku
>-
| pine
shō
>-
| fruit, accomplish
ka
>-
| prosperity
ei
>-
| plan
>-
| apricot
bai
>-
| contraption
>-
| poles
kyoku
>-
| signpost
>-
| machine
ki
>-
| lack
ketsu
>-
| curriculum
>-
| remainder
zan
>-
| kill
satsu
>-
| poison
>-
| family name
shi
>-
| people
min
>-
| request
kyū
>-
| govern
chi or ji
>-
| method
>-
| cry
kyū
>-
| shallow
sen
>-
| bathe
yoku
>-
| pure
sei or shō
>-
| full
man
>-
| fishing
ryō or gyō
>-
| lamp
tō
>-
| nothing
mu or bu
>-
| so
zen or nen
>-
| bake
shō
>-
| illuminate
shō
>-
| heat
netsu
>-
| breed
boku
>-
| special
>-
| give birth
san
>-
| target
teki
>-
| government ministry
sho or sei
>-
| celebrate
shuku
>-
| ballot
>-
| kind or seed
shu
>-
| accumulate
seki
>-
| emulate
kyō
>-
| laugh
shō
>-
| pipe
kan
>-
| node
setsu
>-
| flour
fun
>-
| chronicle
>-
| promise
>-
| tie
ketsu
>-
| salary
kyū
>-
| continue
zoku
>-
| put
chi
>-
| old man
rō
>-
| stomach
>-
| vein
>-
| intestines
>-
| retainer
>-
| cruise
>-
| good
ryō
>-
| art
>-
| bud
ga
>-
| England
>-
| vegetable
sai
>-
| city
gai
>-
| clothes
i
>-
| need
yō
>-
| memorize
kaku
>-
| observe
kan
>-
| instruction
>-
| test
shi
>-
| theory
setsu
>-
| section
>-
| deliberation
>-
| elephant
zō or shō
>-
| freight
>-
| savings
cho
>-
| expense
hi
>-
| prize
>-
| army
>-
| wheel
rin
>-
| resign
ji
>-
| environs
hen
>-
| take along
ren
>-
| attain
>-
| choose
sen
>-
| county
>-
| quantity
>-
| record
>-
| mirror
kyō
>-
| related
kan
>-
| land
>-
| group
>-
| quiet
sei
>-
| obey
>-
| request
gan
>-
| sort
>-
| fly
hi
>-
| meal
han
>-
| foster
yō
>-
| test
ken
| Kanji || Meaning || On || Kun
|-
| || long time || kyū || hisa
|-
| || Buddha || hutsu or butsu || hotoke
|-
| || sham || ka or ke || kari
|-
| || affair || ken
|-
| || responsibility || nin || maka-seru
|-
| || becoming || ji || ni-ru
|-
| || too much || yo || ama-ru
|-
| || value || ka || atai
|-
| || preserve || ho || tamo-tsu
|-
| || discipline || shū || osa-meru
|-
| || straw bag || hyō || tawara
|-
| || individual || ko
|-
| || provide || bi || sona-eru
|-
| || statue || zō
|-
| || again || sai or sa || futata-bi
|-
| || publish || kan
|-
| || judge || han || waka-ru
|-
| || control || sei
|-
| || ticket || ken
|-
| || rule || soku || notto-ru
|-
| || effect || kō || ki-ku
|-
| || duty || mu || tsuto-meru
|-
| || power || sei || ikio-i
|-
| || thick || kō || atsu-i
|-
| || phrase || ku
|-
| || possible || ka
|-
| || manage || ei || itona-mu
|-
| || cause || in || yo-ru
|-
| || group || dan or ton
|-
| || pressure || atsu
|-
| || exist || zai || a-ru
|-
| || level || kin
|-
| || foundation || ki || moto-duku
|-
| || report || hō || muku-iru
|-
| || boundary || kyō || sakai
|-
| || grave || bo || haka
|-
| || increase || zō || ma-su or fu-eru
|-
| || dream || mu || yume
|-
| || wife || sai || tsuma
|-
| || lady || fu
|-
| || contain || yō
|-
| || approach || ki || yo-ru
|-
| || rich || fu || tomi
|-
| || guide || dō || michibi-ku
|-
| || reside || kyo || i-ru
|-
| || belong || zoku
|-
| || linen || fu || nuno
|-
| || expert || shi
|-
| || normal || jō || tsune
|-
| || tree-trunk || kan || miki
|-
| || preface || jo
|-
| || valve || ben
|-
| || stretch || chō || ha-ru
|-
| || journey || ō
|-
| || repeating || fuku
|-
| || virtue || toku
|-
| || intention || shi || kokorozashi
|-
| || respond || ō
|-
| || cheerful || kai || kokoroyo-i
|-
| || gender || sei or shō || saga
|-
| || grace || on
|-
| || feelings || jō || nasa-ke
|-
| || condition || tai
|-
| || accustomed || kan || na-reru
|-
| || acquiesce || shō || uketamawa-ru
|-
| || skill || gi || waza
|-
| || beckon || shō || mane-ku
|-
| || instruct || ju || sazu-keru
|-
| || pick || sai || to-ru
|-
| || contact || setsu || ses-suru or tsu-gu
|-
| || present || tei || sa-geru
|-
| || loss || son || soko-neru
|-
| || branch || shi || sasa-eru
|-
| || politics || sei || matsurigoto
|-
| || circumstances || ko || yue
|-
| || enemy || teki || kataki
|-
| || cut off || dan || ta-tsu or kotowa-ru
|-
| || old times || kyū
|-
| || easy || eki || yasa-shii
|-
| || outburst || bō || aba-ku
|-
| || clause || jō
|-
| || branch || shi || eda
|-
| || investigate || sa
|-
| || status || kaku
|-
| || cherry || ō || sakura
|-
| || examine || ken
|-
| || construct || kō || kama-eru
|-
| || military || bu or mu
|-
| || compare || hi || kura-beru
|-
| || eternity || ei || naga-i
|-
| || river || ka || kawa
|-
| || fluid || eki
|-
| || mix || kon || ma-zaru
|-
| || decrease || gen || he-ru
|-
| || fathom || soku || haka-ru
|-
| || standard || jun
|-
| || perform || en
|-
| || undefiled || ketsu || isagiyo-i
|-
| || disaster || sai || wazawa-i
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| || burn || nen || mo-eru
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| || printing block || han
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| || crime || han || oka-su
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| || form || jō
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| || alone || doku || hito-ri
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| || rate || ritsu or sotsu || hiki-iru
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| || appear || gen || arawa-reru
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| || detain || ryū ru || todo-maru
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| || abbreviation || ryaku
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| || benefit || eki
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| || eyeball || gan || me
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| || rend || ha || yabu-ru
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| || certain || kaku || tashi-ka
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| || indicate || shi || shime-su
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| || ancestor || so
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| || prohibition || kin
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| || shift || i || utsu-ru
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| || extent || tei || hodo
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| || tax || zei
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| || fabricate || chiku || kizu-ku
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| || refined || sei
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| || elementary || su or so || moto
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| || manage || kei or kyō || he-ru
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| || unite || tō || su-beru
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| || discontinue || zetsu || ta-tsu
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| || cotton || men || wata
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| || whole || sō
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| || compile || hen || a-mu
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| || exploits || seki
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| || weave || shiki || o-ru
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| || guilt || zai || tsumi
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| || flock || gun || mu-reru
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| || fertilizer || hi || ko-yasu
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| || ability || nō
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| || entertain || kyō || oko-su
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| || tongue || zetsu || shita
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| || cottage || sha
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| || art || jutsu || sube
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| || defense || ei
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| || manufacture || sei
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| || duplicate || fuku
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| || rule || ki
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| || untie || ge or kai || to-ku
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| || establish || setsu || mouke-ru
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| || permit || kyo || yuru-su
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| || evidence || shō || akashi
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| || evaluate || hyō
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| || lecture || kō
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| || apologize || sha || ayama-ru
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| || discriminating || shiki
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| || safeguard || go || mamo-ru
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| || bountiful || hō || yuta-ka
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| || wealth || zai
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| || territory || ryō
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| Kanji >
Meaning
On
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chi
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yū
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koku
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katsu
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sō
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| drama
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kin
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ki
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| egg
ran
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gō
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| negate
hi
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| suck
kyū
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| call
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zen
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sui
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jō
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| stirred up
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| shape
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| suppose
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| filial piety
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| home
taku
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| eaves
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shū
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hō
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sen
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| secrecy
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| measurement
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| specialty
sen
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| shoot
sha
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| leader
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son
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| concerning
shū
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| scroll
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| curtain
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| infancy
yō
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| government office
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| prolong
en
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| rhythm
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| obey
jū
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| forget
bō
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| loyalty
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| criticism
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hai
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| broaden
kaku
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| throw away
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| respect
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| livelihood
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ki
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sen
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| stocks
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| trees
ju
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| longing
yoku
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| steps
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en
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sen
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sen
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| sect
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| origin
gen
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| tide
chō
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| violent
geki
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| ashes
kai
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| ripen
juku
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hen
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i
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tsū
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kō
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sei
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| alliance
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| watch over
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| secret
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ketsu
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kin
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| lineage
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nō
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ken
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ju
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shuku
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| government office
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| bosom
kyō
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fuku
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| lookover
rin
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| climax
shi
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| young
jaku
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| renowned
cho
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| steam
jō
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| warehouse
zō
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| silkworm
san
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| judge
sai
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| attire
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| back
ri
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| supplement
ho
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| look at
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| perusal
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| chastise
tō
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| visit
hō
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| translate
yaku
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| poetry
shi
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| document
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| recognize
nin
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| born
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| sincerity
sei
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| mistake
go
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| theory
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| everything
sho
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| guard against
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| precious
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| fare
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| bequeath
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| mail
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| home town
kyō
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| needle
shin
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| steel
kō
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hei
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| tall
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| descend
kō
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| majesty
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| exclude
jo or ji
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| hurt
shō
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| difficult
nan
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| leather
kaku
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| place on the head
chō
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| bone
kotsu
hone
Kanji
Kanji are the adopted logographic Chinese characters hanzi that are used in the modern Japanese writing system along with hiragana , katakana , Indo Arabic numerals, and the occasional use of the Latin alphabet...
and associated readings developed and maintained by the Japanese Ministry of Education
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan)
The , also known as MEXT or Monkashō, is one of the ministries of the Japanese government.The Meiji government created the first Ministry of Education in 1871....
that prescribes which kanji, and which readings of kanji, Japanese schoolchildren should learn for each year of primary school. Although the list is designed for Japanese children, it can also be used as a sequence of learning characters by non-native speakers as a means of focusing on the most commonly used kanji.
Kyōiku kanji is a subset of Jōyō kanji
Joyo kanji
The is the guide to kanji characters announced officially by the Japanese Ministry of Education. Current jōyō kanji are those on a list of 2,136 characters issued in 2010...
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Versions of kyōiku list
- 1946 created with 881 characters
- 1977 expanded to 996 characters
- 1982 expanded to 1,006 characters
The list by grade
Note 1: Many kanji have complex meanings and nuances, or express concepts not found in the English language. In those cases, the English meanings mentioned here constitute approximations at best.Note 2: In the Kun readings, readings after - (hyphen) are Okurigana
Okurigana
are kana suffixes following kanji stems in Japanese written words. They serve two purposes: to inflect adjectives and verbs, and to disambiguate kanji with multiple readings...
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Fifth grade (185 kanji)
{| class="wikitable"| Kanji || Meaning || On || Kun
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| || long time || kyū || hisa
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| || Buddha || hutsu or butsu || hotoke
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| || sham || ka or ke || kari
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| || affair || ken
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| || responsibility || nin || maka-seru
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| || becoming || ji || ni-ru
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| || too much || yo || ama-ru
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| || value || ka || atai
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| || preserve || ho || tamo-tsu
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| || discipline || shū || osa-meru
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| || straw bag || hyō || tawara
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| || individual || ko
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| || provide || bi || sona-eru
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| || statue || zō
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| || again || sai or sa || futata-bi
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| || publish || kan
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| || judge || han || waka-ru
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| || control || sei
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| || ticket || ken
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| || rule || soku || notto-ru
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| || effect || kō || ki-ku
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| || duty || mu || tsuto-meru
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| || power || sei || ikio-i
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| || thick || kō || atsu-i
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| || phrase || ku
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| || possible || ka
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| || manage || ei || itona-mu
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| || cause || in || yo-ru
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| || group || dan or ton
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| || pressure || atsu
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| || exist || zai || a-ru
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| || level || kin
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| || foundation || ki || moto-duku
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| || report || hō || muku-iru
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| || boundary || kyō || sakai
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| || grave || bo || haka
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| || increase || zō || ma-su or fu-eru
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| || dream || mu || yume
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| || wife || sai || tsuma
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| || lady || fu
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| || contain || yō
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| || approach || ki || yo-ru
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| || rich || fu || tomi
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| || guide || dō || michibi-ku
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| || reside || kyo || i-ru
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| || belong || zoku
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| || linen || fu || nuno
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| || expert || shi
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| || normal || jō || tsune
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| || tree-trunk || kan || miki
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| || preface || jo
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| || valve || ben
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| || stretch || chō || ha-ru
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| || journey || ō
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| || repeating || fuku
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| || virtue || toku
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| || intention || shi || kokorozashi
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| || respond || ō
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| || cheerful || kai || kokoroyo-i
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| || gender || sei or shō || saga
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| || grace || on
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| || feelings || jō || nasa-ke
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| || condition || tai
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| || accustomed || kan || na-reru
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| || acquiesce || shō || uketamawa-ru
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| || skill || gi || waza
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| || beckon || shō || mane-ku
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| || instruct || ju || sazu-keru
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| || pick || sai || to-ru
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| || contact || setsu || ses-suru or tsu-gu
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| || present || tei || sa-geru
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| || loss || son || soko-neru
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| || branch || shi || sasa-eru
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| || politics || sei || matsurigoto
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| || circumstances || ko || yue
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| || enemy || teki || kataki
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| || cut off || dan || ta-tsu or kotowa-ru
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| || old times || kyū
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| || easy || eki || yasa-shii
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| || outburst || bō || aba-ku
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| || clause || jō
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| || branch || shi || eda
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| || investigate || sa
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| || status || kaku
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| || cherry || ō || sakura
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| || examine || ken
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| || construct || kō || kama-eru
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| || military || bu or mu
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| || compare || hi || kura-beru
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| || eternity || ei || naga-i
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| || river || ka || kawa
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| || fluid || eki
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| || mix || kon || ma-zaru
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| || decrease || gen || he-ru
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| || fathom || soku || haka-ru
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| || standard || jun
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| || perform || en
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| || undefiled || ketsu || isagiyo-i
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| || disaster || sai || wazawa-i
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| || burn || nen || mo-eru
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| || printing block || han
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| || crime || han || oka-su
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| || form || jō
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| || alone || doku || hito-ri
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| || rate || ritsu or sotsu || hiki-iru
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| || appear || gen || arawa-reru
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| || detain || ryū ru || todo-maru
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| || abbreviation || ryaku
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| || benefit || eki
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| || rend || ha || yabu-ru
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| || certain || kaku || tashi-ka
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| || prohibition || kin
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| || shift || i || utsu-ru
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| || extent || tei || hodo
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| || refined || sei
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| || elementary || su or so || moto
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| || manage || kei or kyō || he-ru
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| || unite || tō || su-beru
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| || discontinue || zetsu || ta-tsu
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| || cotton || men || wata
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| || whole || sō
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| || exploits || seki
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| || weave || shiki || o-ru
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| || guilt || zai || tsumi
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| || flock || gun || mu-reru
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| || righteousness || gi
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| || till || kō || tagaya-su
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| || employment || shoku
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| || fertilizer || hi || ko-yasu
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| || ability || nō
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| || entertain || kyō || oko-su
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| || tongue || zetsu || shita
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| || cottage || sha
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| || art || jutsu || sube
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| || defense || ei
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| || manufacture || sei
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| || duplicate || fuku
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| || rule || ki
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| || untie || ge or kai || to-ku
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| || permit || kyo || yuru-su
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| || evidence || shō || akashi
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| || apologize || sha || ayama-ru
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| || discriminating || shiki
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| || bountiful || hō || yuta-ka
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| || wealth || zai
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| || poor || hin || mazushi-i
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| || lend || tai || ka-su
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| || congratulations || ga
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| || approve || san
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| || quality || shitsu
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| || transport || yu
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| || mention || jutsu || no-beru
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| || astray || mei || mayo-u
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| || retreat || tai || shirizo-ku
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| || inverted || gyaku || sakara-u
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| || create || zō || tsuku-ru
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| || go beyond || ka || ayama-chi
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| || suitable || teki
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| || copper || dō
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| || coin || sen || zeni
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| || prevent || bō || fuse-gu
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