| 役所 | やくしょ・government office; public office |
| 現役 | げんえき・active duty; active service |
| 坂 | さか・slope; incline; hill |
| 寺院 | じいん・Buddhist temple |
| 湾 | わん・bay; gulf; inlet |
| 半島 | はんとう・peninsula |
| 海岸 | かいがん・coast; beach |
| 岸 | きし・bank; coast; shore |
| 湾岸 | わんがん・gulf coast; bay coast |
| 城 | しろ・castle |
| 渓谷 | けいこく・valley (with a river running through it); gorge; ravine; canyon |
| 谷間 | たにま・valley; ravine; gorge; chasm |
| 財産 | ざいさん・property; fortune; assets |
| 財布 | さいふ・wallet; purse; coin purse; billfold; pocketbook |
| 観察 | かんさつ・observation; survey; watching |
| 宝石 | ほうせき・ gem; jewel; precious stone |
| 仏像 | ぶつぞう・statue of Buddha; image of Buddha; Buddhist statue; Buddhist image |
| 日仏 | にちふつ・Japan and France |
| 銅 | どう・copper (Cu) |
| 塔 | とう・tower; steeple; spire |
| 絵の具 | えのぐ・paint; coloring materials; colors; colours |
| 略 | りゃく・abbreviation; omission |
| 略す | りゃくす・to abbreviate; to omit |
| 順 | じゅん・order; turn; sorting |
| 順調 | じゅんちょう・favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right |
| 出版 | しゅっぱん・publication |
| 版画 | はんが・woodcut; woodblock print; art print |
| 略歴 | りゃくれき・brief personal record; short curriculum vitae; short CV |
| 芸能 | げいのう・public entertainment; performing arts |
| 工芸 | こうげい・industrial arts; craft |
| 園芸 | えんげい・horticulture; gardening |
| 複製 | ふくせい・reproduction; duplication; reprinting |
| 複雑 | ふくざつ・complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings) |
| 複数 | ふくすう・plural; multiple |
| 刊行物 | かんこうぶつ・publication; periodical |
| 朝刊 | ちょうかん・morning newspaper |
| 高層 | こうそう・high-rise (building); multistory; multistoried; tall |
| 低層 | ていそう・low-rise (architecture) |
| 一層 | いっそう・even more; still more; all the more; more than ever |
| 花束 | はなたば・bunch of flowers; bouquet |
| 束ねる | たばねる・to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to sheathe |
| 綿 | めん・cotton |
| 復旧 | ふっきゅう・restoration; restitution; rehabilitation |
| 旧館 | きゅうかん・old building; older building |
| 厚かましい | あつかましい・impudent; shameless; brazen; cheeky; presumptuous |
| 厚生労働省 | こうせいろうどうしょう・Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare |
| 厚手 | あつで・thick (paper, cloth, etc.); heavy |
| 薄める | うすめる・to dilute; to water down |
| 粒 | つぶ・grain; bead; drop |
| 北極 | ほっきょく・North Pole |
| 南極 | なんきょく・South Pole |
| 積極的 | せっきょくてき・positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive |
| 極 | ごく・quite; very |
| 改革 | かいかく・reform; reformation; reorganization |
| 革 | かわ・leather |
| 革命 | かくめい・revolution |
| 革製 | かわせい・leather; leather-bound; leathern |
| 苦痛 | くつう・pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment |
| 狭い | せまい・narrow; confined; small; cramped |
| 隅 | すみ・corner; nook; recess |
| 識 | しき |
| 挟む | はさむ・to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides) |
| 偶数 | ぐうすう・even number |
| 祖先 | そせん・ancestor |
| 単なる | たんなる・mere; simple; sheer |
| 免許 | めんきょ・license; licence; permission; permit; certificate |
| 給料 | きゅうりょう・alary; wages; pay |
| 供給 | きょうきゅう・supply; provision |
| 支給 | しきゅう・provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant |
| 給与 | きゅうよ・pay; salary; wages |
| 与える | あたえる・to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to grant; to confer; to present; to award |
| 応募 | おうぼ・application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment |
| 応じる | おうじる・to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for |
| 日課 | にっか・daily routine; daily work; daily lesson |
| 課程 | かてい・course; curriculum |
| 過程 | かてい・process; course; mechanism |
| 制度 | せいど・system; institution; organization; organisation |
| 制限 | せいげん・restriction; restraint; limitation; limit |
| 制作 | せいさく・work (film, book) |
| 講座 | こうざ・course (e.g. of lectures) |
| 講師 | こうし・speaker; lecturer |
| 講義 | こうぎ・lecture |
| 講演 | こうえん・lecture; address; speech |
| 基本 | きほん・basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation |
| 基準 | きじゅん・standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum |
| 基礎 | きそ・Foundation (engineering) |
| 基地 | きち・base (military, expedition, etc.) |
| 指導 | しどう・guidance; leadership; instruction; direction; coaching |
| 導く | みちびく・to guide; to lead; to show the way; to conduct |
| 導入 | どうにゅう・introduction; bringing in; installation; setting up; importation |
| 校庭 | こうてい・schoolyard; playground; school grounds; campus |
| 家庭 | かてい・home; household; family; hearth |
| 探検 | たんけん・exploration; expedition |
| 灰 | はい・ash; ashes |
| 灰皿 | はいざら・ashtray |
| 灰色 | はいいろ・grey; gray; ashen |
| 車輪 | しゃりん・(vehicle) wheel |
| 首輪 | くびわ・(animal) collar |
| 劇 | げき・drama; play |
| 劇場 | げきじょう・theatre; theater; playhouse |
| 劇団 | げきだん・troupe; theatrical company |
| 公共 | こうきょう・public (facilities, service, etc.); communal |
| 公務員 | こうむいん・public employee; government employee; public-sector worker; public servant; civil servant |
| 日本舞踊 | にほんぶよう・traditional Japanese dance |
| 踊る | おどる・to dance (orig. a hopping dance) |
| 雑種 | ざっしゅ・hybrid; crossbreed; mongrel |
| 人種 | じんしゅ・race (of people) |
| 匹敵する | ひってき・to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to |
| 渡米 | とべい・going to the United States |
| 渡す | わたす・to hand over; to hand in; to pass; to give; to transfer |
| 貝がら | かいがら・seashell; shell |
| 蒸発 | じょうはつ・evaporation |
| 水蒸気 | すいじょうき・water vapour; water vapor; steam |
| 蒸し暑い | むしあつい・humid; sultry |
| 蒸す | むす・to steam (food, towel, etc.) |
| 干す | ほす・ to air; to dry; to desiccate |
| 大根 | だいこん・daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus) |
| 屋根 | やね・roof |
| 植物 | しょくぶつ・plant; vegetation |
| 植木 | うえき・garden shrubs; trees; potted plant |
| 植える | うえる・to plant; to grow; to raise |
| 田植え | たうえ・rice planting |
| 砂漠 | さばく・desert |
| 乳製品 | にゅうせいひん・dairy products |
| 炭水化物 | たんすいかぶつ・carbohydrate |
| 石炭 | せきたん・coal |
| 炭 | すみ・charcoal |
| 脂肪 | しぼう・fat; grease; blubber; lard; suet |
| 油脂 | ゆし・fat; fats and oils |
| 脂質 | ししつ・lipid |
| 筒 | つつ・pipe; tube; cylinder |
| 水筒 | すいとう・canteen; flask; water bottle; thermos |
| 卒業証明書 | そつぎょうしょうめいしょ・graduation certificate; diploma; testamur |
| 成績 | せいせき・results; record; grades; marks |
| 実績 | じっせき・achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record |
| 論文 | ろんぶん・thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article |
| 結論 | けつろん・conclusion (of an argument, discussion, study, etc.) |
| 論じる | ろんじる・to discuss; to talk about; to deal with (a topic) |
| 志望 | しぼう・wish; desire; ambition; choice |
| 意志 | いし・will; volition; intention; intent; determination |
| 記述 | きじゅつ・description; account |
| 後述 | こうじゅつ・mentioning later; discussing below |
| 前述 | ぜんじゅつ・aforementioned; above-mentioned |
| 述べる | のべる・to state; to express; to say; to tell; to mention |
| 構成 | こうせい・composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization; organisation |
| 構内 | こうない・ premises; grounds; campus; compound; precincts |
| 構う | かまう・to mind; to care about; to be concerned about; to have a regard for |
| 遅刻 | ちこく・lateness; tardiness; arriving late |
| 仮定 | かてい・assumption; supposition; hypothesis |
| 仮 | かり・temporary; provisional; interim; tentative |
| 冊子 | さっし・book; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook |
| 採点 | さいてん・marking; grading; scoring |
| 採用 | さいよう・use; adoption; acceptance |
| 摂る | とる・to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, course of action, etc.); to decide on |
| 濃度 | のうど・concentration; density |
| 鉛筆 | えんぴつ・pencil |
| 筆記 | ひっき・(taking) notes; copying |
| 筆者 | ひっしゃ・writer; author |
| 筆 | ふで・writing brush; paintbrush; pen |
| 航空 | こうくう・aviation; flying |
| 欠航 | けっこう・cancellation (of a flight or sea voyage) |
| 陸 | りく・land; shore |
| 大陸 | たいりく・continent |
| 損 | そん・loss; damage; harm; unprofitable |
| 損害 | そんがい・damage; injury; loss |
| 損傷 | そんしょう・damage; injury |
| 損得 | そんとく・loss and gain; advantage and disadvantage |
| 造船 | ぞうせん・shipbuilding |
| 故郷 | こきょう・hometown; birthplace; native place; one's old home |
| 混乱 | こんらん・disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem |
| 乱れる | みだれる・to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be disarrayed; to be disheveled; to be dishevelled |
| 乱暴 | らんぼう・violence; assault; rowdiness; wildness; running riot |
| 河 | かわ・river; stream |
| 運河 | うんが・(navigable) canal; waterway |
| 輸血 | ゆけつ・blood transfusion |
| 率 | りつ・ rate; ratio; proportion; percentage |
| 確率 | かくりつ・probability; likelihood; chances |
| 率直 | そっちょく・frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken |
| 能率 | のうりつ・efficiency |
| 宇都宮 | うつのみや・Utsunomiya (city in Tochigi) |
| 一戸建て | いっこだて・detached house; stand-alone house; single-family home |
| 晴天 | せいてん・fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds); fair weather; clear weather; clear sky; fair skies |
| 素晴らしい | すばらしい・wonderful; splendid; magnificent |
| 曇 | くもり・cloudiness; cloudy weather |
| 積雪 | せきせつ・fallen snow; snow cover |
| 吹雪 | ふぶき・snow storm; blizzard |
| 知恵 | ちえ・wisdom; wit; sagacity; sense; intelligence |
| 恩恵 | おんけい・grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit |
| 恵まれる | めぐまれる・to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in |
| 雨雲 | あまぐも・rain cloud |
| 漁船 | ぎょせん・fishing boat |
| 漁師 | りょうし・ fisherman |
| 海底 | かいてい・bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed |
| 鉱山 | こうざん・mine (ore) |
| 炭鉱 | たんこう・coal mine; (coal) pit; colliery |
| 彼岸 | ひがん・ equinoctial week (when Buddhist services are held) |
| 水滴 | すいてき・drop of water |
| 偉大 | いだい・great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty |
| 規則 | きそく・rule; regulation |
| 測定 | そくてい・measurement |
