| 助手席
joshuseki | passenger seat (i.e. in a vehicle) |
| 出力
shutsuryoku (suru) | output (suru) to output (power, signal, data, etc.) |
| 充電
juuden (suru) | (re)charging (battery); electrification (-suru) |
| 人口
jinkou | population |
| 乗車口
joushâguchi | entrance for passengers at train station
passenger door (on train, bus, etc.) |
| 乗車
jousha (suru) | getting onboard, boarding (train, bus, etc.); getting into (taxi) |
| 乗客
joukyaku | passenger (on bus, train, plane, taxi, etc.) |
| 下書き
shitagaki | rough-draft, rough copy |
| 上品
jouhin /na/ | elegant, refined / high-quality (goods), first class article (na-noun) |
| じっくり
jikkûri (to) | deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing (consider, etc.) (adv) |
| 色紙
shikishi | thick square fancy cardboard, used for autographs, poetry, group signing (for farewell, get well, etc) |
| (お)正月
(o)shougatsu | New Years |
| お辞儀
ojigi | a bow (greeting) |
| 自治会 / 学生自治会 （学生会）
jichikai / gakuseijichikai | neighborhood council; residents' association;
student council |
| 歯科
shika | dentistry |
| 小児科
shounika | pediatrics |
| 尻餅 （を付く）
shimochi (wo tsuku) | fall on one's backside, bottom
(traditional) mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside |
| じゃばじゃば
(jabajaba) | splash of water falling down (sound) |
| シュー ・ しゅう
(shuu) | hiss; swish; whoosh; whiz; sputter (sound) |
| シュッシュッ ・ しゅっしゅっ
(shusshu) | scrub scrub (sound) |
| シャリシャリ ・ しゃりしゃり
sharishari | much, crunch (eating sound) / (sound of two hard thin objects rubbing) |
| 尻尾
shippô | tail (of animal) |
| 小児科
shounika | pediatrician |
| 人工衛星
jinkou eisei | artificial satellite |
| 診療所
shinryousho | clinic, medical office, infirmary |
| 親類
shinrui | relative, relation (family) |
| 信用（する）
shin'you (-suru) | confidence, faith, trust / (finance) credit |
| 新入生
shinnyuusei | new student, freshmen, first-year student |
| 震動（する）
shindou (-suru) | tremor, vibration, shock |
| 新鮮
shinsen /-na/ | fresh and new (na-noun) |
| 信じる
shinjiru /-ru; shinjita/ | to believe |
| 進級
shinkyuu (-suru) | promotion (at school); moving from one grade to the next |
| 芯
shin | wick, marrow, staple (for stapler); lead (in pencil); core, heart (of sth) |
| しわ (皺)
shiwa | wrinkles, creases |
| 城
(o)shiro | castle |
| 焦れる
jirêru /-ru; jirêta/ | to get impatient; to become irritated; to fret (vi) |
| じれったい (焦れったい)
jirettai /-katta/ | irritating, losing patience (feeling impatient) frustrated (adj) |
| 印
shirushi | a mark, sign; symbol |
| 尻取り
shiritori | word-chain game (where you give a word starting with same syllable of last syllable of previous word) |
| （お）知らせ
(o)shirase | a notice; notification (of information) |
| 知らせる
shiraseru /-ru; shiraseta/ | to notify, inform, (let know) |
| 白髪
shiraga | white hair; grey hair |
| しょんぼり
shónbòri | (feel) down in the dumps, dejected (gitaigo) |
| 除雪車
josetsusha | snow-plow (truck) |
| 植物園
shokubutsuen | botanical garden |
| 消防士
shouboushi | fireman, firefighter |
| ショーウインドー
(shoouindoo) | display window (at a store) |
| 勝負（する）
shôubu (-suru) | victory or defat / (as verb) to challenge (to a contest) / match, contest, bout |
| 衝突（する）
shoutsou (suru) | collision (i.e. car crash), crashing into / conflict (clashing) |
| 冗談
joudan | a joke |
| 準備 （する）
junbi (-suru) | preparations, getting ready, provision, setup |
| 順番
junban | order of things, sequential order |
| 種類
shûrui | a kind, type, category / (counter for) kinds, specifies, etc. |
| 出発 （する）
shuppatsu (-suru) | depature ; (as verb) to set up, depart (on a trip, etc.) |
| 塾
jûku | after-school school, cram-school (remedial or extra work or test-training such as kumon school) |
| 修理（する）
shuuri (-suru) | repair, fixing, servicing; (as verb) to fix or repair |
| 終点
shuuten | terminus, last stop (train or bus) |
| 集合 （する）
shuugou /-suru/ | meeting up; gathering; assembly |
| 十二支
juunishi | the 12 zodiac signs (from china) |
| じゃんけん (じゃん拳)
janken (-suru) | rock paper scissors (game) |
| じゃれる、たわむれる (戯れる)
(jareru / tawamureru) /-ru; jareta, tawamureta/ | be playful, frolic or play around, to joke around (2 versions) |
| シャボン玉
shabondama | soap bubbles |
| しゃぶる
shabûru /-u; shabûtta/ | to suck on (sucker, pacifier, etc.) |
| シャッター
shattaa | (shop or garage) door, shutters (that open up and down) / (camera) shutter |
| しゃっくり (吃逆)
shâkkuri | hiccup |
| 写生
shasei | sketching, drawing from nature, portryal |
| 絞る
shiboru /-u; shibotta/ | to wring (towel, rag) / squeeze (fruit to get juice) / extract (milk from cow) (vt) |
| 萎む
shibomu /-u; shibonda/ | to wither (flowers, dreams, etc.); to droop, fad (away) / sag or deflate (baloon) (vi) |
| 繁吹
shibuki | splash, spray |
| 痺れる
shibireru /-ru; shibireta/ | become numb, (part of body) goes to sleep / get an electric shock, tingle (from shock) / be excited or titilated, enthralled (vi) |
| 芝生
shibafu | lawn, grass covered area |
| 萎びる
shinabiru /-ru; shinabita/ | to shrivel up (cut vegetables, skin, etc.) / wither or wilt |
| 自動販売胃
jidouhanbaiki | (automatic) vending machine |
| 自動ドア
(jidou doa) | automatic (opening) door |
| 児童館
(jidoukan) | child welfare residential facility; children's house |
| 湿布
shippu | a compress, poultrice |
| 失敗 （する）
shippai (-suru) | failure, mistake (as verb) make a mistake, to fail, mess up |
| しつこい
(shitsukoi /-katta/) | persistent, tenacious (often annoyingly so), not giving up / (for food) too rich (in taste), fatty, heavy, greasy (adj) |
| 実験
jikken (-suru) | an experiment / (as verb) to experiment |
| しっかり (確り)
shikkari | (adv) tightly (holding on); firmly, securely / strongly (built), steadily / properly, hard (working, etc.) / reliably, dependable |
| 七五三
shichigosan | festival and shrine visit for children at these ages |
| 支度 （をする）
shitaku (suru) | preparation(s), arraignments; (verb) get ready for (a trip, going to work/school, getting ingredients ready for cooking, etc.) |
| 時代劇
jidâigeki | historical play or period drama (tv show taking place in historical times) |
| 姿勢
shisei | posture |
| 雫
shizuku | (water) drop, drip |
| 磁石
jîshaku | magnet, (magnetic) |
| 事件
jîken | an incident, trouble, event, scandal / (police) case, plot |
| 茂る
shigêru /-ru; shigêta/ | to grow thickly (vegetation) / be in full leaf / be rampant, luxurious |
| ジグザグ
jigúzàgu | zigzag (shape) (na-no noun) |
| 仕切る
shikiru /-u; shikitta/ | to partition, divide
to direct, manage, or run (an organization)
settle accounts (vt) |
| しがみ付く
shigámitsùku /-u; shigámitsùita/ | to cling to; (X ni ~) holds on to X (vi) |
| 四角
shikaku | square (shape) |
| シール
shiiru | sticker (paper with glue on back) |
| 幸せ
(shiawase) | happiness, good fortune |
| 試合
shiai | a match, game, contest |
| シーソー
shiisoo | a seesaw |
| 潮干狩り
shiohîgari | gathering shells washed up at low tide |
| 死骸
shigai | (dead) body; corpse; carcass |
| 受信
jushin (suru) | receiving (a message, letter, email, etc.); reception (radio, TV, etc.) (-suru) to receive a message, transmission |
| 司会者
shikâisha | M.C. (of tv show, etc.) host, moderator |
| 巡査
junsa | police officer, constable |
| 視力検査
(shiryoku kensa) | vision test/exam (part of kenkou shindan) |
| 身長測定
(shinchou-sokutei) | measuring of height (part of kenkou shindan) |
| 歯科検診
(shika kenshin) | dental examination /check (part of kenkou shindan) |
| 地味
jimi (na) | plain, simple / reserved,quiet (behavior) (na-noun) |
| 手術
shûjutsu ([wo] suru) | an operation (surgical, procedure; (~ wo suru / ~ wo okonau) to operate on (perform surgery) |
| 紳士服
shinshîfuku | suits/clothes for gentlemen, menswear (i.e. store or department in store) |
| 終電
shuuden | the final/last train, bus, etc. (of the day) |
| 私鉄
shitestu | a private railway (run by company, not government) |
| 縞
shima | stripe, bar, streak (pattern) |
| 習慣
shuukan | (social) custom, practice, habits (personal, diet, life, exercise, sleep, etc.) |
| 締め切り
shimekiri | deadline, cut-off, ending <verb-stem> |
| 蛇口
jaguchi | faucet, tap |
| 進歩
shînpo (suru) | progress, advancement, improvement, development
(suru) to progress (in your studies), to develop (as civilization) |
| 首相
shushou | the prime minister (of Japan), chancellor (Germany, etc.), premier |
| 時間割
jikanwari | weekly/class schedule, timetable (i.e. weekly school schedule) |
| 集中
shuuchuu (suru) | concentration, focusing, integration / (suru) concentrate on (sth) |
| 新規作成
shinkisakusei (suru) | (computer) create new document (new object) |
| 消極的
shoukyokuteki /na/ | negative, half-hearted, unmotivated |
