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人
にん
Common word
counter for people
日
にち
Common word
N3
Nouns
Sunday · nth day of the month; date suffix · counter for days; number of days · Japan
年
ねん
Common word
N5
Nouns
year · counter for years; counter for grades · apprenticeship period (usu. ten years)
回
かい
Common word
N4
counter for occurrences; times · time; instance; occasion · inning (baseball); round; game · episode; chapter; installment · Hui (people) · Islam
本
ほん
Common word
N5
Nouns
book; volume; script · this; present; current; in question · main; head; principal · real; genuine; regular; proper · counter for long cylindrical objects; counter for films, TV shows, etc.; counter for goals, home runs, etc.; counter for telephone calls
度
たび
Common word
Nouns
time; times; occasion
度
ど
Common word
N4
Nouns
degree (angle, temperature, scale) · counter for occurrences · strength (of glasses); prescription · alcohol content; ABV · extent; degree; limit · presence of mind; composure
手
て
Common word
N5
Nouns
hand; arm · forepaw; foreleg · handle · hand; worker; help · trouble; care; effort · means; way; technique; trick · handwriting · kind; type; sort · one's hands; one's possession · ability to cope · hand (of cards) · direction · move (in go, shogi, etc.)
金
きん
Common word
N2
Nouns
gold (metal) · gold (color) · gold medal; first place · something precious; golden (figurative) · money; gold coin · sum of money · Friday · karat; carat · metal (Wu Xing) · Jin dynasty (1115-1234) · gold general (shogi) · testicles (slang)
位
い
Common word
rank; place in a ranking · decimal place · counter for ghosts
歳
さい
Common word
N1
... years old; age (of) ...
頭
とう
Common word
N3
counter for large animals; head of livestock; counter for collected insects or certain headgear
代
だい
N4
Nouns
charge; cost; price · generation; age; school year; cohort; reign · era (geology) · representative of; on behalf of; for (someone) · switchboard number · counter for decades, eras, generations · proxy application company (abbr.) · pronoun (abbr., dictionary use)
版
はん
Common word
N2
Nouns
edition; version; printing; impression; implementation · printing plate; block; cast · counter for editions
元
もと
Common word
N2
Nouns
origin; source; beginning · basis; base; foundation; root · cause; source of trouble · ingredient; base; mix; stock · one's side; one's place; near someone · capital; principal; cost price · base of a plant; root; tree trunk · part held in the hand; handle end · first three lines of a waka · counter for plants or trees · counter for falcons
部
ぶ
Common word
N2
Nouns
department; division; bureau; faculty · club; team · part; portion; region; area · category; class; division; section; heading · counter for copies of newspapers, magazines, books, etc.
氏
し
Common word
N2
Suffixes
Mr.; Ms.; formal title after a name · clan; family line · he; him; the gentleman · counter for people
点
てん
Common word
N4
Nouns
dot; spot; speck; mark · mark; grade; score; points · point; score; goal; run · point · point; aspect; respect; detail · punctuation mark; dot · dot stroke · counter for points, marks, goals, etc. · counter for goods, items, articles of clothing, works of art, etc.
駅
えき
Common word
N5
Nouns
station; railway station; train station · staging post; post station · counter for stations
通り
とおり
Common word
N3
Nouns
street; road; avenue · traffic; coming and going · flow; passage; transmission · reputation; popularity; favor · understanding; comprehensibility; clarity · as; in the same way as; according to · counter for sets, methods, ways, kinds
枚
まい
Common word
N3
counter for thin, flat objects; sheet; plate; coin · serving of soba; portion of gyōza · sumo rank position; wrestler at a given rank · field; rice paddy plot · palanquin bearer
機
き
Common word
N2
Nouns
chance; opportunity; right moment · machine; device · aircraft; plane · counter for aircraft · counter for remaining lives
件
けん
Common word
N2
Nouns
matter; affair; case; item; subject · counter for received messages · counter for online accounts
口
くち
Common word
N5
Nouns
mouth · opening; hole; mouth (of a container) · entrance; exit; gate · speech; talk; gossip · taste; palate · mouth to feed · job opening; vacancy · invitation; summons · kind; sort; type · beginning; start · counter for mouthfuls, shares, stove burners · counter for swords, blades
個
こ
Common word
N5
counter for small objects; counter for pieces · counter for military units · individual; one person · counter for years of age difference; counter for school years
着
ちゃく
Common word
N2
Nouns
arrival at ... · counter for suits of clothing · nth place (in a race) · counter for moves (in go)
台
だい
Common word
N4
Nouns
stand; base; platform; table; rack · setting (of a gem); mounting · stock (in grafting) · counter for machines and vehicles · level; mark; range; decade (of one's life) · tall building (with a fine view); observation platform · plateau; heights
社
しゃ
Nouns
company; firm; office · (Shinto) shrine · regional Chinese earth god; village built for such a god · counter for companies, shrines, etc. · incorporated body; corporation
ヶ月
かげつ
Common word
N3
counter for months
品
ひん
Common word
N2
Nouns
elegance; grace; refinement; class; dignity · article; item; goods · counter for items (food, dishes, courses)
組
くみ
Common word
N3
Nouns
class of students · group of people; team; crew; party · set; lot; bunch; assortment; deck or pack · organized-crime syndicate; crime family · typesetting; composition
語
ご
Common word
N4
Nouns
word; term · language; speech; mode of expression
面
めん
Common word
N1
Nouns
face · mask; face guard · striking the head (in kendo) · surface (geometrical) · page · aspect; facet; side · chamfer · counter for flat objects, levels, or stages
服
ふく
Common word
N5
Nouns
clothes; clothing; outfit · counter for doses, puffs, gulps
階
かい
Common word
N3
Nouns
floor; storey · stairs · stage (geology) · counter for floors
倍
ばい
Common word
N4
Nouns
double; twice as much · times as much; -fold · one in n; n to one odds
周
しゅう
N1
counter for laps or circuits · perimeter · Zhou dynasty; Chou dynasty
山
やま
Common word
N5
Nouns
mountain; hill · mine · mountain forest; forest on a mountain · heap; pile; stack; mountain (of something) · protruding part; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw); tread (of a tire) · climax; peak; critical point · guess; speculation; gamble · criminal case; crime · mountain climbing; mountaineering · festival float (with halberd) · deck; draw pile; stock (card games) · wall; wall tile (mahjong) · wild (prefix)
ページ
Common word
N5
Nouns
page · page ...; nth page
重
じゅう
N2
Nouns
jūbako; multi-tiered food box · heavy · serious; extreme · -fold; -ply
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