Kanji Definitions (1-500) Flashcards

Question

本

Answer 1

book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things

Answer 2

large, big

Answer 3

little, small

Answer 4

in, inside, middle, mean, center

Answer 5

life, genuine, birth

Answer 6

exit, leave, go out, come out, put out, protrude

Answer 7

enter, insert

Answer 8

below, down, descend, give, low, inferior

Answer 9

stop, halt

Answer 10

correct, justice, righteous, 10^40

Answer 11

utilize, business, service, use, employ

Answer 12

nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not

Answer 13

tale, talk

Answer 14

lively, resuscitation, being helped, living

Answer 15

going, journey, carry out, conduct, act, line, row, bank

Answer 16

heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)

Answer 17

or again, furthermore, on the other hand

Answer 18

take, fetch, take up

Answer 19

somebody, person, one's station in life

Answer 20

rest, day off, retire, sleep

Answer 21

body, substance, object, reality, counter for images

Answer 22

faith, truth, fidelity, trust

Answer 23

adhere, attach, refer to, append

Answer 24

accept, undergo, answer (phone), take, get, catch, receive

Answer 25

by means of, because, in view of, compared with

Answer 26

stand up, rise, set up, erect

Answer 27

section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine

Answer 28

double, twice, times, fold

Answer 29

turn into, become, get, grow, elapse, reach

Answer 30

substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee

Answer 31

king, rule, magnate

Answer 32

jewel, ball

Answer 33

treasure, wealth, valuables

Answer 34

whole, entire, all, complete, fulfill

Answer 35

matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly

Answer 36

see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible

Answer 37

power, strength, strong, strain, bear up, exert

Answer 38

sword, saber, knife

Answer 39

cut, cutoff, be sharp

Answer 40

blade, sword, edge

Answer 41

part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100

Answer 42

public, prince, official, governmental

Answer 43

separate, branch off, diverge, fork, another, extra, specially

Answer 44

long, leader, superior, senior

Answer 45

woman, female

Answer 46

child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac

Answer 47

fond, pleasing, like something

Answer 48

relax, cheap, low, quiet, rested, contented, peaceful

Answer 49

plan, suggestion, draft, ponder, fear, proposition, idea, expectation, worry, table, bench

Answer 50

character, letter, word, section of village

Answer 51

study, learning, science

Answer 52

sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)

Answer 53

mingle, mixing, association, coming & going

Answer 54

exam, school, printing, proof, correction

Answer 55

sea, ocean

Answer 56

someone, person

Answer 57

craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)

Answer 58

style, ceremony, rite, function, method, system, form, expression

Answer 59

II, two, second

Answer 60

warrior, military, chivalry, arms

Answer 61

in front, before

Answer 62

behind, back, later

Answer 63

noon, sign of the horse, 11AM-1PM, seventh sign of Chinese zodiac

Answer 64

year, counter for years

Answer 65

affair, case, matter, item

Answer 66

article, clause, item, stripe, streak

Answer 67

change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization

Answer 68

compare, race, ratio, Philippines

Answer 69

stature, height, back, behind, disobey, defy, go back on, rebel

Answer 70

spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood

Answer 71

vapor, steam

Answer 72

sex, gender, nature

Answer 73

farm, field, garden, one's specialty, (kokuji)

Answer 74

blue, green

Answer 75

barley, wheat

Answer 76

elementary, principle, naked, uncovered

Answer 77

poison, virus, venom, germ, harm, injury, spite

Answer 78

before, ahead, previous, future, precedence

Answer 79

wash, inquire into, probe

Answer 80

beginning, former time, origin

Answer 81

ray, light

Answer 82

gone, past, quit, leave, elapse, eliminate, divorce

Answer 83

method, law, rule, principle, model, system

Answer 84

hit, right, appropriate, himself

Answer 85

early, fast

Answer 86

grass, weeds, herbs, pasture, write, draft

Answer 87

morning, dynasty, regime, epoch, period, (North) Korea

Answer 88

tide, salt water, opportunity

Answer 89

shape, form, style

Answer 90

departure, discharge, publish, emit, start from, disclose, counter for gunshots

Answer 91

abolish, obsolete, cessation, discarding, abandon

Answer 92

sound, noise

Answer 93

idea, mind, heart, taste, thought, desire, care, liking

Answer 94

make, production, prepare, build

Answer 95

yesterday, previous

Answer 96

electricity

Answer 97

page, leaf

Answer 98

neck, counter for songs and poems

Answer 99

road-way, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings

Answer 100

traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.

Answer 101

milk, breasts

Answer 102

beans, pea, midget

Answer 103

head, counter for large animals

Answer 104

beforehand, previous, myself, I

Answer 105

halberd, arms, festival float

Answer 106

deposit, custody, leave with, entrust to

Answer 107

phrase, clause, sentence, passage, paragraph, counter for haiku

Answer 108

decameron, ten-day period, season (for specific products)

Answer 109

ladle, one tenth of a go, dip

Answer 110

bull's eye, mark, target, object, adjective ending

Answer 111

promise, approximately, shrink

Answer 112

not, must not, do not, be not

Answer 113

thing, object, matter

Answer 114

direction, person, alternative

Answer 115

ward off, defend, protect, resist

Answer 116

mask, face, features, surface

Answer 117

brush-stroke, picture

Answer 118

both, old Japanese coin, counter for carriages (e.g., in a train), two

Answer 119

mount, hill, knoll

Answer 120

full, fullness, enough, satisfy

Answer 121

face, expression

Answer 122

products, bear, give birth, yield, childbirth, native, property

Answer 123

same, agree, equal

Answer 124

yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach

Answer 125

esteem, furthermore, still, yet

Answer 126

tall, high, expensive

Answer 127

pressure, push, overwhelm, oppress, dominate

Answer 128

ground, earth

Answer 129

pond, cistern, pool, reservoir

Answer 130

other, another, the others

Answer 131

gather, meet, congregate, swarm, flock

Answer 132

advance, proceed, progress, promote

Answer 133

crowded, mixture, in bulk, included, (kokuji)

Answer 134

axe, 1.32 lb, catty, counter for loaves of bread, axe radical (no. 69)

Answer 135

near, early, akin, tantamount

Answer 136

environs, boundary, border, vicinity

Answer 137

utmost, most, extreme

Answer 138

dish, a helping, plate

Answer 139

damp, wet, moist

Answer 140

claw, nail, talon

Answer 141

towel, hanging scroll, width, cloth radical (no. 50)

Answer 142

linen, cloth, spread, distribute

Answer 143

market, city, town

Answer 144

suspend, hang, wear (sword)

Answer 145

spring, fountain

Answer 146

meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness

Answer 147

source, origin

Answer 148

line, track

Answer 149

brocade, fine dress, honors

Answer 150

petition, request, vow, wish, hope

Answer 151

inside, within, between, among, house, home

Answer 152

house, home, family, professional, expert, performer

Answer 153

I, my, our, one's own

Answer 154

ego, I, selfish, our, oneself

Answer 155

word, speech, language

Answer 156

transmit, go along, walk along, follow, report, communicate, legend, tradition

Answer 157

revolve, turn around, change

Answer 158

technique, art, craft, performance, acting, trick, stunt

Answer 159

meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join

Answer 160

fit, suit, join, 0.1

Answer 161

orders, laws, command, decree, good

Answer 162

wish, sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, attention

Answer 163

stamp, seal, mark, imprint, symbol, emblem, trademark, evidence, souvenir, India

Answer 164

fate, command, decree, destiny, life, appoint

Answer 165

deceased, the late, dying, perish

Answer 166

rice, USA, metre

Answer 167

grains, drop, counter for tiny particles

Answer 168

harmony, Japanese style, peace, soften, Japan

Answer 169

private, I, me

Answer 170

wide, broad, spacious

Answer 171

dainty, get thin, taper, slender, narrow, detailed, precise

Answer 172

grove, forest

Answer 173

forest, woods

Answer 174

metropolis, capital, all, everything

Answer 175

capital, 10^16

Answer 176

politics, government

Answer 177

borough, urban prefecture, govt office, representative body, storehouse

Answer 178

door, counter for houses, door radical (no. 63)

Answer 179

place, extent

Answer 180

climax, arrive, proceed, reach, attain, result in

Answer 181

doth, do, send, forward, cause, exert, incur, engage

Answer 182

roof, house, shop, dealer, seller

Answer 183

room, apartment, chamber, greenhouse, cellar

Answer 184

reside, to be, exist, live with

Answer 185

bureau, board, office, affair, conclusion, court lady, lady-in-waiting, her apartment

Answer 186

happenstance, especially, intentionally, reason, cause, circumstances, the late, therefore, consequently

Answer 187

barbarian, foreign

Answer 188

harden, set, clot, curdle

Answer 189

counter for articles

Answer 190

individual, counter for articles

Answer 191

moreover, also, furthermore

Answer 192

association, braid, plait, construct, assemble, unite, cooperate, grapple

Answer 193

many, frequent, much

Answer 194

eventide, tide, salt water, opportunity

Answer 195

name, noted, distinguished, reputation

Answer 196

heavens, sky, imperial

Answer 197

un-, not yet, hitherto, still, even now, sign of the ram, 1-3PM, eighth sign of Chinese zodiac

Answer 198

end, close, tip, powder, posterity

Answer 199

flavor, taste

Answer 200

come, due, next, cause, become

Answer 201

parent, intimacy, relative, familiarity, dealer (cards)

Answer 202

lack, gap, fail, yawning radical (no. 76)

Answer 203

next, order, sequence

Answer 204

seat, mat, occasion, place

Answer 205

degrees, occurrence, time, counter for occurrences, consider, attitude

Answer 206

transit, ford, ferry, cross, import, deliver, diameter, migrate

Answer 207

limit, restrict, to best of ability

Answer 208

root, radical, head (pimple)

Answer 209

good, pleasing, skilled

Answer 210

son, counter for sons

Answer 211

corridor, hall, tower

Answer 212

drink, smoke, take

Answer 213

bureaucrat, the government, organ

Answer 214

building, mansion, large building, palace

Answer 215

inn, lodging, relay station, dwell, lodge, be pregnant, home, dwelling

Answer 216

plump, thick, big around

Answer 217

utensil, vessel, receptacle, implement, instrument, ability, container, tool, set

Answer 218

villain, evil, bad luck, disaster

Answer 219

ward, district

Answer 220

map, drawing, plan, extraordinary, audacious

Answer 221

turn, number in a series

Answer 222

nickname, number, item, title, pseudonym, name, call

Answer 223

goods, refinement, dignity, article, counter for meal courses

Answer 224

music, comfort, ease

Answer 225

medicine, chemical, enamel, gunpowder, benefit

Answer 226

circumference, circuit, lap

Answer 227

tune, tone, meter, key {music}, writing style, prepare, exorcise, investigate, harmonize, mediate

Answer 228

bundle, sheaf, ream, tie in bundles, govern, manage, control

Answer 229

organize, arranging, tune, tone, meter, key {music}

Answer 230

number, strength, fate, law, figures

Answer 231

sort, kind, variety, class, genus

Answer 232

show, indicate, point out, express, display

Answer 233

prohibition, ban, forbid

Answer 234

salute, bow, ceremony, thanks, remuneration

Answer 235

company, firm, office, association, shrine

Answer 236

have the honor to, sign of the monkey, 3-5PM, ninth sign of Chinese zodiac

Answer 237

gods, mind, soul

Answer 238

employee, member, number, the one in charge

Answer 239

substance, quality, matter, temperament

Answer 240

party, faction, clique

Answer 241

public chamber, hall

Answer 242

usual, ordinary, normal, common, regular, continually, always, long-lasting

Answer 243

prize, reward, praise

Answer 244

reparation, make up for, recompense, redeem

Answer 245

manipulate, rule, administer, conduct, palm of hand

Answer 246

memorize, learn, remember, awake, sober up

Answer 247

enlightenment, perceive, discern, realize, understand

Answer 248

emotion, feeling, sensation

Answer 249

center, middle

Answer 250

reflect, reflection, projection

Answer 251

decide, fix, agree upon, appoint

Answer 252

cheerful, pleasant, agreeable, comfortable

Answer 253

England, English, hero, outstanding, calyx

Answer 254

row, and, besides, as well as, line up, rank with, rival, equal

Answer 255

even, flat, peace

Answer 256

shaku, Japanese foot, measure, scale, rule

Answer 257

exhaust, use up, run out of, deplete, befriend, serve

Answer 258

bird, chicken

Answer 259

angle, corner, square, horn, antlers

Answer 260

insect, bug, temper

Answer 261

contact, touch, feel, hit, proclaim, announce, conflict

Answer 262

unravel, notes, key, explanation, understanding, untie, undo, solve, answer, cancel, absolve, explain, minute

Answer 263

single, alone, spontaneously, Germany

Answer 264

store, shop

Answer 265

fortune-telling, divining, forecasting, occupy, hold, have, get, take

Answer 266

spot, point, mark, speck, decimal point

Answer 267

gentleman, scholar, samurai, samurai radical (no. 33)

Answer 268

make a deal, selling, dealing in, merchant

Answer 269

continue, series, sequel

Answer 270

together, both, neither, all, and, alike, with

Answer 271

submit, offer, present, serve (meal), accompany

Answer 272

deluge, flood, vast

Answer 273

once upon a time, antiquity, old times

Answer 274

springtime, spring (season)

Answer 275

lord, chief, master, main thing, principal

Answer 276

dwell, reside, live, inhabit

Answer 277

stop-over, reside in, resident

Answer 278

pour, irrigate, shed (tears), flow into, concentrate on, notes, comment, annotate

Answer 279

intention, plan, resolve, aspire, motive, hopes, shilling

Answer 280

document, records

Answer 281

attend, doing, official, serve

Answer 282

responsibility, duty, term, entrust to, appoint

Answer 283

branch, support, sustain, branch radical (no. 65)

Answer 284

slope, incline, hill

Answer 285

heights, slope

Answer 286

meal, boiled rice

Answer 287

homecoming, arrive at, lead to, result in

Answer 288

miscellaneous

Answer 289

riot, war, disorder, disturb

Answer 290

measurement, tenth of a shaku, a little, small

Answer 291

Buddhist temple

Answer 292

time, hour

Answer 293

hold, have

Answer 294

wait, depend on

Answer 295

waiter, samurai, wait upon, serve

Answer 296

poem, poetry

Answer 297

instant, namely, as is, conform, agree, adapt

Answer 298

node, season, period, occasion, verse, clause, stanza, honor, joint, knuckle, knob, knot, tune, melody

Answer 299

muscle, sinew, tendon, fiber, plot, plan, descent

Answer 300

etc., and so forth, class (first), quality, equal, similar

Answer 301

level, average

Answer 302

committee, entrust to, leave to, devote, discard

Answer 303

hole, aperture, slit, cave, den

Answer 304

empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum

Answer 305

possess, have, exist, happen, occur, approx

Answer 306

leg, foot, be sufficient, counter for pairs of footwear

Answer 307

determine, fix, establish, decide

Answer 308

negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy

Answer 309

tongue, reed, clapper

Answer 310

half, middle, odd number, semi-, part-

Answer 311

return, answer, fade, repay

Answer 312

gain, get, find, earn, acquire, can, may, able to, profit, advantage, benefit

Answer 313

young, if, perhaps, possibly, low number, immature

Answer 314

suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl

Answer 315

exist, outskirts, suburbs, located in

Answer 316

exist, suppose, be aware of, believe, feel

Answer 317

dry, parch, ebb, recede, interfere, intercede

Answer 318

publish, carve, engrave

Answer 319

sweat, perspire

Answer 320

pole, rod, scale beam, violin neck

Answer 321

profit, advantage, benefit

Answer 322

harm, injury

Answer 323

benefit, gain, profit, advantage

Answer 324

overflow, inundate, spill

Answer 325

proportion, comparatively, divide, cut, separate, split

Answer 326

constitution, law

Answer 327

feathers, counter for birds, rabbits

Answer 328

the following, next

Answer 329

bow, bow (archery, violin)

Answer 330

pull, tug, jerk, admit, install, quote, refer to

Answer 331

weak, frail

Answer 332

wind, air, style, manner

Answer 333

scribe, account, narrative

Answer 334

chronicle, account, narrative, history, annals, geologic period

Answer 335

reformation, change, modify, mend, renew, examine, inspect, search

Answer 336

rouse, wake up, get up

Answer 337

wherefore, a reason

Answer 338

well, well crib, town, community

Answer 339

surround, besiege, store, paling, enclosure, encircle, preserve, keep

Answer 340

bowl, bowl of food

Answer 341

street, ward, town, counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something, even number, 4th calendar sign

Answer 342

rather, preferably, peaceful, quiet, tranquility

Answer 343

town, village, block, street

Answer 344

lamp, a light, light, counter for lights

Answer 345

government office

Answer 346

savings, store, lay in, keep, wear mustache

Answer 347

easy, ready to, simple, fortune-telling, divination

Answer 348

grant, gift, boon, results

Answer 349

location, place

Answer 350

hot water, bath, hot spring

Answer 351

gate, counter for cannons

Answer 352

interval, space

Answer 353

closed, shut

Answer 354

open, unfold, unseal

Answer 355

connection, barrier, gateway, involve, concerning

Answer 356

question, ask, problem

Answer 357

hear, ask, listen

Answer 358

call on, visit, look up, offer sympathy

Answer 359

escort, send

Answer 360

wrap, pack up, cover, conceal

Answer 361

scroll, volume, book, part, roll up, wind up, tie, coil, counter for texts (or book scrolls)

Answer 362

sphere, circle, radius, range

Answer 363

victory, win, prevail, excel

Answer 364

war, battle, match

Answer 365

simple, one, single, merely

Answer 366

simplicity, brevity

Answer 367

overdo, exceed, go beyond, error

Answer 368

skeleton, bone, remains, frame

Answer 369

daytime, noon

Answer 370

night, evening

Answer 371

fluid, liquid, juice, sap, secretion

Answer 372

commandment

Answer 373

how many, how much, how far, how long, some, several

Answer 374

capital, suburbs of capital

Answer 375

seashore, beach

Answer 376

loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion

Answer 377

contraption, fetter, machine, instrument

Answer 378

fly, skip (pages), scatter

Answer 379

family name, surname, clan

Answer 380

people, nation, subjects

Answer 381

lower, short, humble

Answer 382

resist, reach, touch

Answer 383

residence, mansion

Answer 384

bottom, sole, depth, bottom price, base, kind, sort

Answer 385

gigantic, big, large, great

Answer 386

retainer, subject

Answer 387

fundamentals, radical {chem}, counter for machines, foundation

Answer 388

period, time, date, term

Answer 389

fur, hair, feather, down

Answer 390

tail, end, counter for fish, lower slope of mountain

Answer 391

bring up, grow up, raise, rear

Answer 392

ocean, sea, foreign, Western style

Answer 393

fresh, vivid, clear, brilliant, Korea

Answer 394

be resuscitated, revived, perilla, shiso

Answer 395

detailed, full, minute, accurate, well-informed

Answer 396

auspicious, happiness, blessedness, good omen, good fortune

Answer 397

beauty, beautiful

Answer 398

business, vocation, arts, performance

Answer 399

reality, truth

Answer 400

foster, bring up, rear, develop, nurture

Kanji Definitions (1-500) Flashcards

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