Kanji Dictionary

一体 ittai (1)...the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"), ...in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"), ...on earth (e.g. "who on earth?"), (n) (2)one object, one body, unity, (3)one form, one style, (4)one Buddhist jlpt3

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お願い onegai (1)(hon) request, wish, (int) (2)(abbr) please suru

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行方 yukue (1)(one's) whereabouts, (2)course, direction mix

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出し dashi (1)(uk) dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp), (2)pretext, excuse, pretense (pretence), dupe, front man ryouri

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不味い mazui (1)(uk) unappetising, unappetizing, unpleasant (taste, appearance, situation), (2)unskillful, unskilful, bungling, clumsy, (3)ugly, homely, plain, unattractive, (4)awkward, untimely, inopportune, adj

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何れ izure (1)(uk) where, which, who, (2)anyway, anyhow, at any rate, sooner or later, eventually, at some future date or time; (adv,pn,adj-no) (3)(uk) where, which, who, (4)anyway, anyhow, at any rate, soon mix

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百万 hyakuman (1)1,000,000, one million, million, (2)many mix

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目指し mezashi (1)aim, goal, purpose, (2)look, eyes, expression of eyes mix

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上り nobori (1)ascent, climbing, ascending (path), climb, (2)up-train (e.g. going to Tokyo), (n,adj-no) (3)northward (towards Tokyo) jlpt3

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背後 haigo (1)back, rear, (2)background, behind the scenes mix

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白黒 shirokuro (1)black and white, monochrome, (exp,vs) (2)good and evil, right and wrong, guilt and innocence iro

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黒星 kuroboshi (1)black spot/black dot/bull's-eye/ (2)failure mark (sumo)/(P) leda1

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身体 shintai (1)body/ (2)health/(P) adj, leda1

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海底 kaitei (1)bottom of the ocean, (adj-f) (2)undersea, submarine mix

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行き iki (1)bound for ..., (n) (2)going (to) jlpt3

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息 iki (1)breath/breathing/ (2)tone/mood/(P); (n) (3)breath/breathing/ (4)tone/mood; (n) (5)(hum) son hito

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桜 sakura (1)cherry tree, cherry blossom, (2)decoy, fake buyer, shill, (3)hired applauder, (4)(col) horse meat shokubutsu

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手がかり tegakari (1)clue, key, trail, scent, track, contact, (2)handhold, on hand mix

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顔色 kaoiro; ganshoku (1)complexion, one's colour, one's color, (2)countenance, expression, one's face; (3)complexion, one's colour, one's color, (4)countenance, expression, one's face mix

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国字 kokuji (1)country's official writing system, native script, (2)kana, (3)kanji that originated in Japan (as opposed to China) bunpou

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例 rei (1)custom, practice, habit, usual, (2)instance, example, case, illustration, usage, (3)precedent; (4)custom, practice, habit, usual, (5)said, aforementioned, (6)instance, example, case, illustra mix

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大根 daikon (1)daikon radish (Raphanus sativus), (2)ham actor mix

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赤字 akaji (1)deficit, (being in or going into) the red, (2)red text, red letters, (3)corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red mix

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二重 nijuu; futae (1)double, two-fold, two layers, duplex, (pref) (2)diplo-, dipl; (3)double, two-fold, two layers, duplex, (pref) (4)diplo-, dipl mix

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水切り mizukiri (1)drainer, strainer, colander, (2)cutwater, forefoot, flashing, throating, (3)(playing) ducks and drakes, stone skipping, skipping rocks, (4)snipping the stem of a cut flower without raising it o suru

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電線 densen (1)electric line, electric cable, power cable, (2)telephone line, telegraph wire uchi

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言い訳 iiwake (1)excuse, (2)explanation suru

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目玉 medama (1)eyeball, (2)(abbr) special feature, centerpiece, showpiece, drawcard, (3)special program, loss leader hito, leda1

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名所 nadokoro; meisho (1)famous place, (2)name of a part (of an instrument, etc.), (3)name and address; (4)famous place mix

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歯切れ hagire (1)feel when biting, (2)manner of enunciation mix

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前後 zengo (1)front and rear, front and back, before and behind, (2)before and after, (3)order, context, (4)consequences, (n,vs) (5)inversion, reversion, getting out of order, (6)co-occurring, (n-suf,n) (7 mix

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白露 shiratsuyu (1)glistening dew; tenki

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うま味 umami (1)good flavor (flavour), good taste, deliciousness, (2)umami (fifth category of taste, corresponding to the flavour of glutamates), (3)skill, (4)profit mix

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道しるべ michishirube (1)guidepost, signpost, guide, (2)(col) tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica) mix

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半人前 hanninmae (1)half share, (2)half a man mix