Lesson 1

いう

to say; say; to utter; utter; to declare; declare; to name; name; to call; call; to go; go; to make a noise; make a noise

かみ うわ じょう うえ

above; up; over; elder; top; summit; surface; on; before; previous; superiority; one's superior; on top of that; besides; what's more; upon; based on; matters concerning...; as concerns ..; since; suffix indicating higher social standing; place of one's superior; emperor; sovereign; shogun; daimyo; noblewoman

さかな うお

fish

そら から くう

shunya; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness; void; all things are tentative figures created by fate; and there are no permanent entities or ego

げ か しも もと した

below; down; under; younger; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after; inferiority; one's inferior; trade-in; preliminary; preparatory

きょう こんにち こんち こんじつ

today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays

さんぽ

walk; stroll

おわる

to finish; finish; to end; end; to close; close

かく つの かど かく／かど／つの

corner; edge; horns; angle

せ せい

height; stature

そうじ

cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing

たいへん

very; greatly; immense; enormous; great; serious; grave; dreadful; terrible; difficult; hard; major incident; disaster

たて

the vertical; vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical; hierarchy; warp

ちゅう チュン じゅう ぢゅう なか

inside; in; among; within; center; middle; during; while; red dragon tile

つらい からい づらい ずらい

difficult to

あと ご のち

later; afterwards; since; future; after one's death; descendant

はる ばる

to be prominently ...; prominently ...; to be persistently ..; persistently ..; to affix; affix; to stick; stick; to link; link; to paste; paste

べんきょう

study; diligence; discount; reduction

かた がた ほう

direction; way; side; area; side; one's part; type; category; field; indicates one side of a comparison; way; method; manner; means; length

ほか た

(ほか) other (place, thing, person); the rest; (た) other (esp. people and abstract matters)

ほんとう ほんと

truth; reality; actuality; fact; proper; right; correct; official; genuine; authentic; natural; veritable

あさって みょうごにち

day after tomorrow

ゆうべ

evening; last night

よる

evening; night

りっぱ

splendid; fine; handsome; elegant; imposing; prominent; praiseworthy; creditable; worthy; legal; legitimate; lawful; undeniable; indisputable; solid

れんしゅう

practice; practising

おととい おとつい いっさくじつ

day before yesterday

いっさくねん おととし

year before last

さらいねん

year after next

しょうゆ しょうゆう しょゆ しょゆう しょうゆ しょうゆう しょゆ しょゆう

soy sauce; shoyu

せっけん

soap

のぼる

to ascend; ascend; to go up; go up; to climb; climb; to ascend; ascend; to rise; rise; to go to; go to; to be promoted; promoted; to add up to; add up to; to advance; advance; to swim up; swim up; to sail up; sail up; to come up; come up

はし

chopsticks

ひがし ひむかし ひんがし あずま あづま

eastern japan; eastern provinces; east; six-stringed japanese zither; my spouse

あっし わっち わっし わい わて わたい あたし あたくし あたい あて し わたし わたくし

i; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

いちにち いちじつ ひとひ ひとえ ついたち さくじつ いっぴ

first day of the month; first ten days of the lunar month

ひとり

one person; alone; unmarried; solitary

ひま いとま ヒマ

spare time; free time; leisure; time; time off; day off; vacation; holiday; leave; quitting; firing someone; divorcing; free; slow; leaving; departing

いる はいる

to enter; enter; to go into; go into; to break into; break into; to join; join; to enroll; enroll; to contain; contain; to hold; hold; to accommodate; accommodate; to have; have; to get; get; to receive; receive; to score; score

あまい

sweet-tasting; sweet; sugary; sugared; fragrant; sweet; lightly salted; light in salt; not spicy; naive; overly optimistic; soft on; generous; indulgent; easy-going; lenient; half-hearted; not finished properly; insufficient; not satisfactory; inadequate; loose; mild; tempting; enticing; luring; the time when the market price is on the decline; time when the market price is on the decline; and the stock price is also in a slightly cheaper state

じょうず

upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage; stage left; skillful; dexterity; over-arm grip on opponent's belt; upper part

しお えん

salt; hardship; toil; trouble; saltiness; common salt; table salt

きいろ こうしょく おうしょく

yellow; amber

おとうと

younger brother; little brother; kid brother; pupil; apprentice

もん かど

branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; counter for cannons; gate

めがね がんきょう メガネ

spectacles; glasses; judgement; discrimination; discernment; insight; eyeglasses

こ と

door; entrance; narrows

つぎ じ

next; hypo-; order; sequence; time; times

じょうぶ じょうふ ますらお

hero; manly person; warrior

ひと

counter for people; person