13s

愛情　　　aijō, love, affection (719)

愛国心　　aikokushin, patriotism (123, 147)

母性愛　　boseiai, maternal love (203, 723)

愛児　　　aiji, one’s beloved child (697)

convey + cover + heart + stop and start; to wish to give food, to move forward hesitantly

10s

案内する　annai suru, to guide, to show (364)

案内所　　annaijo, annaisho, information centre (364, 312)

案内書　　annaisho, guidebook (364, 142)

案内図　　annaizu, guide/information map (364, 150)

安上　　　anjō, on the table (37)

提案　　　teian, proposal (753)

原案　　　genan, original plan/bill (107)

名案　　　meian, good idea/proposal/plan (71)

案外　　　angai, unexpectedly (91)

restful + wood; a wooden table prepared for a meal

5s

以上　　　ijō, above, more than (37)

二人以上　futari-ijō, two or more people (61, 39, 37)

以前　　　izen, before, formerly (159)

以下　　　ika, below (7)

以外　　　igai, outside; besides; other than; except (91)

以内　　　inai, within (364)

三日以内　mikka-inai, within three days (23, 62, 364)

person behind a plough

6s

衣服　　　ifuku, clothing (385)

衣類　　　irui, clothing (602)

衣食住　　i-shoku-jū, clothing, food and shelter (146, 310)

衣替え　　koromogae, change of dress/clothes (1548)

a collar and sleeves

7s

八位　　　hachigurai, about eight (66)

地位　　　chi’i, rank, social standing, position (167)

学位　　　gaku’i, academic degree (10)

位置　　　ichi, location, situation (545)

7s

胸囲　　　kyōi, chest measurement (840)

周囲　　　shūi, circumference, perimeter, surroundings (504)

範囲　　　han-i, extent, range, sphere, limits (1719)

囲い込む　kakoikomu, to enclose (1275)

8s

委員　　　i’in, delegate, member of a committee (228)

委員会　　i’inkai, committee (228, 87)

委員長　　i’inchō, committee chairman (228, 173)

委任　　　i’nin, charge, trust, entrustment, commission (764)

委託金　　itakukin, trust money (1555, 14)

rice plant + women = to be pliant = to let others decide = to entrust

9s

胃袋　　　ibukuro, stomach (1546)

胃病　　　ibyō, stomach trouble (381)

胃腸　　　ichō, stomach and intestines (547)

胃液　　　ieki, gastric juice (620)

胃弱　　　ijaku, dyspepsia (137)

6s

印刷　　　insatsu, printing (487)

印判　　　inban, seal (769)

印税　　　inzei, royalty (727)

矢印　　　yajirushi, arrow sign (981)

目印　　　mejirushi, guiding mark (72)

pressing down on a bending person

8s

英語　　　eigo, English language (112)

英国　　　eikoku, England (123)

英会話　　eikaiwa, English conversation (87, 221)

英才　　　eisai, talent (126)

英雄　　　eiyū, hero (1869)

日英　　　Nichi-Ei, Japan and England (62)

plant + centre (phonet.: bloom) = a flower that blossomed but lacked seed, considered to be beautiful

9s

栄養　　　eiyō, nutrition (594)

光栄　　　kōei, honour, glory (116)

繁栄　　　han’ei, prosperity (1720)

tree covered with flaming flowers

13s

塩水　　　shiomizu, saltwater (40)

食塩　　　shokuen, table salt (146)

塩分　　　enbun, salinity (199)

塩田　　　enden, salt bed (59)

製塩所　　seiensho, saltworks (726, 312)

5s

中央　　　chūō, the centre, the middle, the core (55)

中央区　　Chūō Ku, Chuo Ward (55, 465)

中央部　　chūōbu, central part (55, 384)

中央口　　chūōguchi, central exit (55, 20)

震央　　　shin’ō, epicentre (1444)

person with yoked neck = restrained at the neck (centre)

15s

数億円　　sūoku-en, several hundred million yen (151, 4)

億万長者　okumanchōja, billionaire (392, 173, 298)

person + thoughts/feelings

5s

参加　　　sanka, participation (490)

参加する　sanka suru, to take part in, to attend (490)

加入する　kanyū suru, to be a member (63)

添加物　　tenkabutsu, additive (1631, 387)

加工品　　kakōhin, processed food (113, 382)

増加する　zōka suru, to increase; to augment (741)

加え算　　kuwaezan, addition (128)

strength + mouth = strengthen argument, add one’s own words = add

11s

百貨店　　hyakkaten, department store (67, 178)

銀貨　　　ginka, silver coin (263)

雑貨　　　zakka, miscellaneous goods, sundries (687)

貨物船　　kamotsusen, freighter (387, 158)

硬貨　　　kōka, currency (1260)

change + money

15s

第二課　　dainika, Lesson Two (339, 61)

課長　　　kachō, section head (173)

学課　　　gakka, lesson (10)

課題　　　kadai, theme, homework (340)

課税　　　kazei, taxation (727)

課外　　　kagai, extra-curricular (91)

word + fruit/perform (phonet.: to consider a person’s words)

8s

木の芽　　ki-no-me, leaf bud (69)

発芽　　　hatsuga, sprouting (370)

新芽　　　shinme, sprout, bud, shoot (148)

芽ばえる　mebaeru, to bud, to sprout

plant + fang

7s

改革　　　kaikaku, reform (821)

改正　　　kaisei, amendment (41)

改良　　　kairyō, improvement (598)

改心　　　kaishin, conversion, reform (147)

改札口　　kaisatsuguchi, (manual) ticket gate (1304, 20)

改めて　　aratamete, once again

drive off serpents = clear an area = reform

11s

機械　　　kikai, machine (453)

機械化　　kikaika, mechanisation (453, 238)

器械　　　kikai, instrument, apparatus (452)

wood + admonish

10s

害虫　　　gaichū, harmful insect (56)

損害　　　songai, loss, damage (745)

損害を与える　songai o ataeru, to cause damage; to inflict a loss (745, 1873)

損害を被る　songai o kōmuru, to suffer damage; to sustain a loss (745, 1729)

障害　　　shōgai, obstacle, hindrance (902)

障害になる　shōgai ni naru, to hinder; to be in the way (902)

障害を排する　shōgai o hai suru, to surmount an obstacle (902, 1686)

妨害　　　bōgai, obstruction (1808)

殺害　　　satsugai, murder (488)

cover a head with a basket

6s

各地　　　kakuchi, every place, various places/districts (167)

各人　　　kakujin, each person (39)

各自　　　kakuji, each, every (person) (134)

各位　　　kakui, Sirs (in a letter) (421)

stop at each place

12s

sa(meru), to wake up; sa(masu), to wake

覚え書　　obeogaki, memorandum, note (142)

感覚　　　kankaku, sensation, sense, feeling (246)

自覚　　　jikaku, consciousness, self-awareness (134)

目覚め　　mezame, awakening (72)

learn by looking

7s

完全　　　kanzen, perfection (330)

完成　　　kansei, completion (515)

完結　　　kanketsu, completion, finish, termination (472)

未完の　　mikan no, incomplete (794)

未完　　　mikan, To be continued (794)

roof + origin (phonet: building with fence around)

8s

警官　　　keikan, policeman, police officer (847)

裁判官　　saibankan, judge (872, 769)

官庁　　　kanchō, government office (938)

官僚　　　kanryō, bureaucracy (1909)

roof + buttocks = sedentary work

13s

漢字　　　kanji (28)

漢文　　　kanbun, Chinese composition; Chinese classics (68)

漢詩　　　kanshi, Chinese poetry (291)

悪漢　　　akkan, villain, crook (222)

門外漢　　mongaikan, outsider, layman (211, 91)

river + Han

14s

kuda, tube, pipe

管理　　　kanri, administration, control, charge (220)

管理費　　kanrihi, administrative fee (220, 567)

入管　　　nyūkan, immigration officer (39)

鉄管　　　tekkan, iron pipe/tube (353)

血管　　　kekkan, blood vessel (270)

気管　　　kikan, windpipe, trachea (11)

管楽器　　kangakki, wind instrument (218, 452)

水道管　　suidōkan, water pipe (40, 188)

bamboo + official = pierced bamboo controlling sound

14s

玄関　　　genkan, entrance hall (1227)

関東　　　Kantō (184)

関西　　　Kansai (152)

関心　　　kanshin, concern, interest (147)

税関　　　zeikan, toll (727)

関税　　　kanzei, customs duty (727)

機関車　　kikansha, engine, locomotive (453, 31)

関の山　　sekinoyama, utmost (24)

crossed pieces of wood barring a gate

18s

観光　　　kankō, sightseeing (116)

観光客　　kankōkyaku, tourist (116, 252)

観客　　　kankyaku, spectator (252)

観察　　　kansatsu, observation (489)

観測する　kansoku suru, to observe, survey (743)

主観　　　shukan, subjective view (299)

客観　　　kyakkan, objective view (252)

外観　　　gaikan, outside appearance (91)

heron + look = (phonet.) turn and look

19s

願書　　　gansho, written application (142)

志願者　　shigansha, applicant; candidate (692)

志願　　　shigan, desire; application (692, 298)

願い事　　negaigoto, prayer (293)

願望的　　ganbōteki, wishful (585, 551)

spring (phonet.: big) + head

7s

希望　　　kibō, hope (585)

希望者　　kibōsha, aspirant, applicant (585, 298)

希求　　　kikyū, desire (455)

希薄　　　kihaku, thinness, sparsity (1699)

weaving threads

8s

季節　　　kisetsu, season (523)

四季　　　shiki, the four seasons (26)

雨季　　　uki, rainy season (3)

季女　　　kijo, youngest daughter (35)

rice plant + child

9s

世紀　　　seiki, century, period (327)

二十世紀　nijūseiki, 20^th century (61, 33, 327)

紀元　　　kigen, era, epoch (106)

紀行　　　kikō, travelogue (118)

thread from end to end

12s

喜んで　　yorokonde, with pleasure, gladly; I’d be delighted to

大喜び　　ō-yorokobi, great joy, great delight (53)

喜劇　　　kigeki, (theatrical) comedy (848)

歓喜　　　kanki, joy, ecstasy, delight (639)

歓喜する　kanki suru, to rejoice (639)

edible plant + mouth = to eat cooked vegetables = pleasure

14s

国旗　　　kokki, national flag 123)

後期　　　kōki, school flag (21)

旗持ち　　hatamochi, flag bearer (294)

旗魚　　　kajiki,* swordfish (98)

星条旗　　seijōki, the Stars and Stripes (154, 716)

fluttering flag, under which one gathers

15s

器具　　　kigu, utensil (265)

食器　　　shokki, tableware, crockery (146)

陶器　　　tōki, pottery, ceramics (1650)

器用　　　kiyō, adroitness (215)

洗面器　　senmenki, wash basin (916, 395)

dog wheeling with open mouth

16s

機械　　　kikai, machine, mechanism (436)

機会　　　kikai, opportunity, chance (87)

危機　　　kiki, crisis, emergency (831)

機能　　　kinō, function (766)

機織り　　hataori, weaving (720)

wooden loom

20s

会議　　　kaigi, conference (87)

国際会議　kokusai kaigi, international conference (123, 683, 87)

議会　　　gikai, the Diet (87)

議員　　　gi’in, member of an assembly/ the Diet/ Parliament/ Congress (228)

議論　　　giron, argument, discussion (996)

議論する　giron suru, to argue, to discuss (996)

議長　　　gichō, chairperson (173)

議題　　　gidai, subject for discussion, agenda (340)

words + (phonet.: mutual)

7s

moto(meru), to request, to search for, to buy, to wish for

求職　　　kyūshoku, job-hunting (721)

求職者　　kyūshokusha, job-hunter (721, 298)

要求　　　yōkyū, demand (593)

請求　　　seikyū, demand (1479)

追求　　　tsuikyū, pursuit (350)

求人　　　kyūjin, Help Wanted (39)

fur coat

11s

救急車　　kyūkyūsha, ambulance (254, 31)

救済　　　kyūsai, relief (871)

救助　　　kyūjo, rescue (314)

救援　　　kyūen, rescue, relief (1026)

救命ブイ　kyūmeibui, lifebuoy (394)

to request threateningly = to demand release of (prisoner)

12s

給料　　　kyūryō, pay, salary (599)

月給　　　gekkyū, monthly salary (16)

供給　　　kyōkyū, supply (839)

来給え　　kitamae, Come! (217)

thread + join

10s

選挙　　　senkyo, election (527)

選挙を行う　senkyo o okonau, to hold an election (527, 118)

挙行　　　kyokō, performance (118)

挙手する　kyoshu suru, to raise one’s hands (32)

一挙に　　ikkyo ni, at a stroke (1)

hands working together

14s

漁師　　　ryōshi, fisherman (693)

漁船　　　gyosen, fishing boat (158)

漁業　　　gyogyō, fishing industry; fishery (260)

fish in water

6s

男女共学　danjokyōgaku, coeducation (54, 35, 10)

公共の　　kōkyō no, public (277)

共同の　　kyōdō no, cooperative (187)

共益費　　kyōekihi, management fee (619, 567)

共通の　　kyōtsū no, common (176)

共通　　　kyōtsū, commonality (176)

用和国　　kyōwakoku, republic (416, 123)

共産主義　kyōsanshugi, communism (491, 299, 645)

共産党　　kyōsantō, Communist Party (491, 946)

共に　　　tomo ni, together

共食い　　tomogui, cannibalism (146)

two hands offering a jewel; doing something with both hands

8s

協力　　　kyōryoku, co-operation (74)

協力する　kyōryoku suru, to co-operate (74)

国際協力　kokusai kyōryoku, international co-operation (123, 683, 74)

協会　　　kyōkai, society, association (87)

協定　　　kyōtei, agreement (351)

協議　　　kyōgi, conference, consultation (454)

生協　　　seikyō, co-op (42)

ten (phonet.: many) + tripled strength

19s

鏡台　　　kyōdai, dresser, mirror stand (166)

望遠鏡　　bōenkyō, telescope (585, 79)

双眼鏡　　sōgankyō, binoculars (1513, 640)

顕微鏡　　kenbikyō, microscope (1224, 1735)

手鏡　　　tekagami, hand-mirror (462)

metal which shows a soon-finished scene = bronze mirror

20s

競争　　　kyōsō, competition (529)

競争に勝つ　　kyōsō ni katsu, to win a race (319)

競争に負ける　kyōsō ni makeru, to lose a race (383)

競技　　　kyōgi, match, tournament, sporting event (644)

競馬　　　keiba, horse race (191)

競り売り　seriuri, auction (192)

two persons competing

12s

GOKU, very, extremely;

kiwa(meru), to master; to run to an extreme

極端　　　kyokutan, extremity (1567)

北極　　　hokkyoku, North Pole (205)

至極　　　shigoku, extremely, very, exceedingly (875)

消極　　　shōkyoku, negative pole (316)

失礼極まる　shitsurei kiwamaru, extremely impertinent (501, 413)

wood in an extreme position

4s

区役所　　kuyakusho, ward office (397, 312)

北区　　　Kitaku, Kita Ward (205)

区別　　　kubetsu, distinction, classification (579)

地区　　　chiku, district, area (167)

区画　　　kukaku, boundary, block, division (85)

区間　　　kukan, interval (between two points along a railtrack or a road) (92)

東京都区内　Tōkyō to ku nai, within the 23 wards of Tokyo (184, 99, 355, 364)

9s

軍備　　　gunbi, armaments (774)

軍隊　　　guntai, army; troops (540)

軍艦　　　gunkan, warship (1116)

空軍　　　kūgun, airforce (15)

軍人　　　gunjin, military man (39)

米国軍　　beikokugun, US Forces (201, 123)

carts drawn into a circle

10s

oo

郡部　　　gunbu, rural district (384)

郡長　　　gunchō, head of a county (173)

和気郡　　Wakegun, Wake County (416, 11)

郡山　　　Kōriyama (24)

governor + village

9s

文型　　　bunkei, sentence pattern (68)

典型的　　tenkeiteki, typical (552, 551)

元型　　　genkei, prototype (106)

模型　　　mokei, model (980)

小型　　　kogata, small size (36)

中型　　　chūgata, medium size (55)

大型　　　ō-gata, large size (53)

make an earthen frame

12s

風景　　　fūkei, scenery, view (198)

不景気　　fukeiki, bad times, depression (572, 11)

光景　　　kōkei, spectacle, scene (116)

景色　　　keshiki, scenery (145)

景気　　　keiki, liveliness, business; prosperity (11)

景気が良い　keiki ga yoi, business is brisk (11, 598)

sun + capital (phonet.: open) = open to the sun

7s

芸術　　　geijutsu, art (708)

民芸　　　mingei, folk art (590)

芸者　　　geisha (298)

手芸　　　shugei, handicraft (32)

person kneeling to plant a fragrant tree

4s

ka(keru), to be broken off, to lack (v.i.);

ka(ku), to lack, to want (v.t.)

欠点　　　ketten, fault (179)

欠席　　　kesseki, absence (520)

欠席者　　kessekisha, absentee (520, 298)

欠乏　　　ketsubō, shortage (1805)

欠け目　　kakeme, crack; flaw; fragment (72)

person with gaping mouth

12s

結婚　　　kekkon, marriage (1278)

結果　　　kekka, result (627)

連結　　　renketsu, coupling, connection, linking (607)

結び目　　musubime, knot (72)

thread + good luck (phonet.: entwine)

9s

~date, ~storied building

建物　　　tatemono, a building (387)

建てる　　tateru, to build

建築　　　kenchiku, construction, architecture, building (751)

建設　　　kensetsu, building, construction (731)

建設する　kensetsu-suru, to construct (731)

一戸建　　ikko date, house (1, 108)

二階建　　nikai date, two-storey building (61, 242)

建立　　　konryū, erection (73)

movement + hand holding brush = brush held erect

11s

健康　　　kenkō, health (480)

強健な　　kyōken na, robust, strong (100)

保険　　　hoken, (preservation of) health (787)

健全な　　kenzen na, healthy, sound (330)

健筆家　　kenpitsuka, prolific writer (569, 83)

person + erect

18s

試験　　　shiken, examination, test (499)

経験　　　keiken, experience (658)

経験する　keiken suru, to experience, to go through (658)

実験　　　jikken, experiment (296)

実験する　jikken suru, to conduct an experiment (296)

実験室　　jikkenshitsu, laboratory for experiments (296, 136)

体験する　taiken suru, to experience personally (165)

horse + examine

8s

固有の　　koyū no, peculiar, one’s own; proper (to); characteristic (of) (401)

固体　　　kotai, a solid (body) (165)

強固　　　kyōko, firmness, solidity, stability (100)

固まり　　katamari, lump, mass

固有名詞　koyūmeishi, proper noun (401, 71, 879)

enclosure + old (phonet.: solid)

5s

成功　　　seikō, success (515)

功績　　　kōseki, meritorious deed (729)

功労　　　kōrō, distinguished service (610)

功罪　　　kōzai, pros and cons (686)

work + strength

10s

気候　　　kikō, climate (11)

天候　　　tenkō, weather (58)

候補　　　kōho, candidacy, candidate (970)

候文　　　sōrōbun, polite style (68)

humbly request a meeting

10s

航海　　　kōkai, (sea) voyage, navigation (88)

航海する　kōkai suru, to navigate, to sail, to voyage (88)

日航　　　Nikkō, abbreviation for 日本航空 (Nihon Kōkū , Japan Air Lines [JAL]) (62, 70, 15)

航路　　　kōro, sea route, air route (415)

航空　　　kōkū, flight, aviation (15)

boat + high (phonet.:side) = boats side-by-side, pontoon = cross water

11s

健康　　　kenkō, health, good health (474)

不健康　　fukenkō, bad health (572, 474)

健康体　　kenkōtai, healthy body (474, 165)

小康　　　shōkō, respite (36)

rice-bran

7s

報告　　　hōkoku, report (789)

広告　　　kōkoku, advertisement (114)

公告　　　kōkoku, public notice (277)

抗告　　　kōkoku, complaint (1246)

抗告人　　kōkokujin, complainant (1246, 39)

忠告　　　chūkoku, advice (936)

忠告者　　chūkokusha, adviser (936, 298)

to proffer from the mouth

10s

sa(su), to thrust, to insert

差別　　　sabetsu, distinction, discrimination (579)

差別的　　sabetsuteki, discriminative (579, 551)*

時差ぼけ　jisaboke, jet-lag (135)

大差　　　taisa, great difference (53)

差出人　　sashidashinin, sender, addresser (34)

差し込む　sashikomu, to insert (1275)

uneven lengths of new shoots on a plant

*a very useful adjective to describe the free tissue distributors in Japan

11s

野菜　　　yasai, vegetables (213)

菜食主義　saishokushugi, vegetarianism (146, 299, 645)

菜食主義者　saishokushugisha, a vegetarian (146, 299, 645, 298)

菜食の　　saishoku no, vegetarian (146)

菜の花　　na-no-hana, rape blossoms (9)

菜種　　　natane, rapeseed (503)

菜園　　　saien, vegetable garden (234)

plant + reaching hand + tree

12s

motto(mo), most, -est

最大　　　saidai, the biggest (53)

最初　　　saisho, the first, beginning (507)

最後　　　saigo, the last (111)

最善　　　saizen, the best (735)

最新式　　saishinshiki, latest style (148, 295)

to attack and take

7s

木材　　　mokuzai, lumber, wood (69)

材木　　　zaimoku, lumber, timber (69)

原材料　　genzairyō, ingredient (107, 599)

材料　　　zairyō, raw material, ingredients, data (599)

人材　　　jinzai, talented person; human resource (39)

題材　　　daizai, subject matter (340)

tree + dam (phonet.: cut down)

9s

昨日　　　sakujitsu, yesterday (62)

昨年　　　sakunen, last year (64)

昨夜　　　sakuya, last night (212)

昨晩　　　sakuban, last evening (961)

昨朝　　　sakuchō, yesterday morning (175)

day + make (phonet.: accumulate)

8s

~zuri, suffix for ‘printing’

印刷する　insatsu suru, to print (425)

印刷物　　insatsubutsu, printed matter (425, 387)

印刷所　　insatsusho, printing house/shop (425, 312)

校正刷り　kōseizuri, proofs (printing) (21, 41)

刷新する　sasshin suru, to reform (148)

謄写版刷り　tōshaban-zuri, mimeograph (mimeographed copy) (1658, 297, 770)

wipe buttocks with cloth = print by rubbing

10s

殺人　　　satsujin, murder, homicide (39)

自殺　　　jisatsu, suicide (134)

殺し屋　　koroshiya, killer (236)

殺風景　　sappūkei, tasteless, dreary (198, 469)

kill a pig

14s

観察　　　kansatsu, observation (445)

警察　　　keisatsu, police (847)

視察　　　shisatsu, inspection (878)

診察する　shinsatsu suru, to examine/see a patient (1440)

診察室　　shinsatsushitsu, examination/consultation room (1440, 136)

診察券　　shinsatsuken, patient’s card (1660, 661)

診察日　　shinsatsubi, consultation/surgery day (1440, 62)

察知　　　satchi, inference (169)

roof + worship = sacrifice = purify = open up

8s

mai(ru), to go, to come; to attend; to be in love; to surrender, to be nonplussed

参加　　　sanka, participation (431)

参観　　　sankan, visit (445)

参考　　　sankō, reference (117)

参考書　　sankōsho, reference book (117, 142)

参議　　　sangi, Councillor (454)

attractive woman

11s

u(mu), to give birth to, to produce

土産　　　*miyage, souvenir (60)

産業　　　sangyō, industry (260)

産物　　　sanbutsu, product (387)

出産　　　shussan, birth (34)

生産する　seisan suru, to produce (42)

産地　　　sanchi, place of production (167)

産婦人科　sanfujinka, obstetrics and gynaecology (779, 39, 81)

特産品　　tokusanhin, special product (760, 382)

remember by: stand, cliff, birth/life

12s

~san, suffix for ‘powder’ (medicine)

散歩　　　sanpo, walk, stroll (202)

散文　　　sanbun, prose (68)

散らし　　chirashi, leaflet

解散する　kaisan suru, to break up, to dissolve (632)

胃散　　　isan, stomach acid (424)

beat hemp with sticks = pulverise = scatter

残念　　　zannen, regret, disappointment (561)

残高　　　zandaka, (bank account) balance (119)

残業する　zangyō suru, to work overtime (260)

残暑　　　zansho, late summer heat (313)

残金　　　zankin, bank account balance; surplus (14)

残り物　　nokorimono, remains, leftovers (387)

残りの　　nokori no, remaining, left over

残余の　　zanyo no, remaining (800)

残物　　　zanbutsu, remnants, leavings (387)

残飯　　　zanpan, leftovers, leavings (565)

残部　　　zanbu, remainder, remnant (384)

残党　　　zantō, remnants (946)

残忍　　　zannin, brutality (1677)

惨酷な　　zankoku na, cruel, brutal, merciless (1273)

残虐な　　zangyaku na, cruel, brutal (1147)

残留する　zanryū suru, to remain, stay behind (805)

bare bone + halberd = to kill cruelly by cutting to the bone

3s

力士　　　rikishi, sumō wrestler (74)

武士　　　bushi, samurai (781)

紳士　　　shinshi, gentleman (1439)

修士　　　shūshi, master’s degree (704)

学士　　　gakushi, bachelor degree (10)

代議士　　daigishi, member of the Diet (338, 454)

士官　　　shikan, military officer (441)

勇士　　　yūshi, brave man, hero (592)

erect male organ

4s

氏名　　　shimei, full name (71)

氏族制度　shizokuseido, the clan or family system (333, 722, 356)

諸氏　　　shoshi, Messrs., gentlemen (898)

5s

歴史　　　rekishi, history (606)

歴史家　　rekishika, historian (606, 83)

歴史以前の　rekishi izen no, prehistoric (606, 419, 159)

歴史小説　rekishishōsetsu, historical novel (606, 36, 524)

史上　　　shijō, in history, in the annals (496)

person counting out loud = recording things

5s

司会者　　shikaisha, master of ceremonies; president (87, 298)

司令　　　shirei, order, command (603)

司令部　　shireibu, headquarters (603, 384)

司法　　　shihō, judicature (584)

anus

8s

姉妹　　　shimai, ane-imōto, sisters (207)

姉さん　　neesan,* elder sister

長姉　　　chōshi, eldest daughter (173)

姉妹都市　shimaitoshi, sister city (207, 355, 130)

姉妹会社　shimaikaisha, affiliated company (207, 87, 137)

姉妹品　　shimaihin, companion product (207, 382)

姉上　　　aneue, Elder Sister (37)

姉娘　　　anemusume, elder daughter (1846)

姉婿　　　anemuko, elder sister’s husband (1477)

female starting-point

13s

試験　　　shiken, examination (475)

試験官　　shikenkan, examiner (475, 441)

試運転　　shi-unten, test drive, trial run (231, 354)

試合　　　shiai, match, contest (121)

試みに　　kokoromi ni, by way of experiment

words + form (phonet.: observe)

13s

ji(suru), to resign; to take one’s leave; to decline; ya(meru), to resign; to retire; to quit

辞書　　　jisho, dictionary (142)

辞職　　　jishoku, resignation (721)

修辞学　　shūjigaku, rhetoric (704, 10)

祝辞　　　shukuji, congratulatory address (706)

sharp insight = to speak to the point

5s

失礼　　　shitsurei, impoliteness (413)

失敬　　　shikkei, rudeness (846)

失敗　　　shippai, failure (562)

失望　　　shitsubō, despair, disappointment (585)

失業　　　shitsugyō, unemployment (260)

to lose by slipping from the hand

10s

借金　　　shakkin, debt, loan (14)

借家　　　shakuya, rented house (83)

借り物　　karimono, borrowed thing (387)

借り主　　karinushi, borrower (299)

拝借　　　haishaku, loan, borrowing (956)

person + past (phonet.: imitate) = imitate a person = not be the real thing = something borrowed

14s

種類　　　shurui, sort, kind (602)

一種　　　isshu, a kind, sort (1)

人種　　　jinshu, human race (39)

種本　　　tanehon, source (70)

種馬　　　taneuma, stallion (191)

種無し　　tanenashi, seedless (796)

種まき　　tanemaki, sowing seed

rice-plant + heavy (phonet.: slow)

8s

周囲　　　shūi, circumference, surroundings (422)

周辺　　　shūhen, perimeter, outskirts (580)

一周　　　isshū, a lap, circuit; one round (1)

周到な　　shūtō na, circumspect; meticulous; thorough; careful (1641)

field full of crops

11s

新宿　　　Shinjuku (148)

宿題　　　shukudai, homework (340)

宿屋　　　yadoya, inn (236)

民宿　　　minshuku, pension (590)

宿泊　　　shukuhaku, stay, lodging (1696)

下宿　　　geshuku, boarding-house (7)

下宿する　geshuku suru, to board and lodge (7)

下宿人　　geshukunin, boarder (7, 39)

building, person + rush-mat

12s

順序　　　junjo, order, procedure, method; sequence (710)

順番　　　junban, order, turn (196)

従順　　　jūjun, obedience (891)

順調に　　junchō ni, favourably; smoothly (348)

river + head; flowing down = bowing head in compliance

7s

最初　　　saisho, first (484)

初めて　　hajimete, first time

初秋　　　shoshū, early autumn (140)

初恋　　　hatsukoi, first love (1931)

初雪　　　hatsuyuki, first snow of the year (157)

初場所　　hatsubasho, New Year Sumo Tournament (144, 312)

初夢　　　hatsuyume, first dream of the New Year (1844)

初期　　　shoki, first stage (251)

clothing + cut

11s

独唱　　　dokushō, vocal solo (763)

合唱　　　gasshō, chorus (121)

唱歌　　　shōka, song, singing (84)

提唱　　　teishō, advocacy (753)

唱え値　　tonaene, asking price (933)

mouth + raised sun = speak in a raised, intense voice

12s

焼肉　　　yakiniku, grilled meat (365)

すき焼き　sukiyaki

焼き鳥　　yakitori, grilled chicken on skewers (174)

焼け跡　　yakeato, burnt remains (1485)

焼き立て　yakitate, fresh-baked (73)

夕焼け　　yūyake, evening glow, sunset colours (44)

燃焼　　　nenshō, combustion (765)

焼失する　shōshitsu suru, to be destroyed by fire, to be burnt down (501)

high flames

13s

参照　　　sanshō, reference (490)

照明　　　shōmei, illumination, lighting (208)

対照　　　taishō, contrast (336)

日照り　　hideri, drought (62)

bright light + fire

15s

賞品　　　shōhin, prize (thing) (382)

賞金　　　shōkin, prize (money) (14)

一等賞　　ittōshō, first prize (1, 361)

鑑賞　　　kanshō, appreciation (1117)

賞讃　　　shōsan, praise (--)

money + furthermore (phonet.: bestow)

7 or 6

臣下　　　shinka, vassal (7)

臣民　　　shinmin, subjects (590)

大臣　　　daijin, cabinet minister (53)

忠臣　　　chūshin, loyal retainer (936)

eye with large pupil = guard

9s

信用　　　shin-yō, trust, confidence, belief, credit (215)

迷信　　　meishin, superstition (797)

信号　　　shingō, signal (281)

通信　　　tsūshin, communication (176)

確信する　kakushin suru, to be convinced (634)

person + word

10s

写真　　　shashin, photograph (297)

写真機　　shashinki, camera (297, 453)

真面目な　majime na, serious, grave (395, 72)

物事を真面目に考える　monokoto o majime ni kangaeru, to take things seriously (387, 293, 395, 72, 117)

真っ直ぐに　massugu* ni, straight [ahead] (349)

真心　　　magokoro, sincerity (147)

真の　　　makoto no, genuine; true; sincere; faithful

真夏　　　manatsu, midsummer (82)

真上に　　maue ni, right/ directly above (37)

真下に　　mashita ni, right/ directly below (7)

真後ろに　maushiro ni, right behind (111)

真正面に　mashōmen ni, right in front [of] (41, 395)

真北に　　makita ni, due North (205)

真っ白　　masshiro,* pure white (65)

真っ青な　m