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釣る

釣る つる to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract; to entice; to allure

釣魚

釣魚 ちょうぎょ fishing; angling

批判

批判 ひはん criticism; judgement; judgment; comment

誘導

誘導 ゆうどう guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement

誘う

誘う さそう to invite; to ask; to call (for); to tempt; to lure; to induce

結核

結核 けっかく tuberculosis; tubercule

哲学

哲学 てつがく philosophy

締める

締める しめる to tie; to fasten; to total; to sum; to be strict with; to economize; to economise; to cut down on; to salt; to marinate; to pickle; to put on (necktie)

締結

締結 ていけつ conclusion; execution (of a contract); entering (into treaty); fastening (as in a joint)

取締役

取締役 とりしまりやく company director; board member

就職

就職 しゅうしょく finding employment; getting a job

就く

就く つく to ascend (the throne); to accede; to take (seat, position, course, etc.); to assume; to start (on a journey); to commence; to depart; to study (under teacher); to be an apprentice

絶滅

絶滅 ぜつめつ destruction; extinction

滅ぼす

滅ぼす ほろぼす to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin

仰ぐ

仰ぐ あおぐ to look up (at); to look up (to); to respect; to revere; to ask for; to seek; to turn to someone; to depend on; to gulp down; to quaff; to take (e.g. poison)

信仰

信仰 しんこう (religious) faith; belief; creed

仰天

仰天 ぎょうてん being amazed; being horrified; being taken aback

瀬

瀬 せ shallows; shoal; rapids; current; torrent; position; place; chance; opportunity

致す

致す いたす to do

一致

一致 いっち coincidence; agreement; union; match; conformity; consistency; cooperation

起伏

起伏 きふく undulation; ups and downs; highs and lows

杉

杉 すぎ Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)

審議

審議 しんぎ deliberation

避難

避難 ひなん taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape

避ける

避ける さける to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert

揺る

揺る ゆる to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing

動揺

動揺 どうよう shaking; trembling; pitching; rolling; oscillation; disturbance; unrest; agitation; excitement; commotion; turmoil; discomposure; feeling shaken

浦

浦 うら inlet; seashore; beach

至る

至る いたる to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to attain; to lead to (a place); to get to; to come; to arrive; to result in

至急

至急 しきゅう urgent; pressing

同盟

同盟 どうめい alliance; union; league

執筆

執筆 しっぴつ writing (e.g. as a profession)

執る

執る とる to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)

崩れる

崩れる くずれる to collapse; to crumble; to crash (stock market); to slump; to decline; to break money into small change; to turn bad (e.g. weather) to deteriorate

鬼

鬼 おに oni; ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person; Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very; extremely; super-

酸素

酸素 さんそ oxygen (O)

酸っぱい

酸っぱい すっぱい sour; acid sour

拡大

拡大 かくだい magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification

銃

銃 じゅう gun; rifle; small arms

縄文

縄文 じょうもん Jōmon period; straw-rope pattern

沖縄

沖縄 おきなわ Okinawa (prefecture); region comprising most of Japan's southwestern archipelago (esp. Okinawa Island); Okinawa (city)

詩人

詩人 しじん poet

廃止

廃止 はいし abolition; repeal

撤廃

撤廃 てっぱい annulment; abolition; repeal; rescission

充実

充実 じゅうじつ fullness; completion; perfection; substantiality; enhancement; improvement; enrichment; upgrading; replenishment; repletion

望遠鏡

望遠鏡 ぼうえんきょう telescope

鏡

鏡 かがみ mirror; looking-glass; barrel head

仮病

仮病 けびょう feigned illness

仮定

仮定 かてい assumption; supposition; hypothesis

仮に

仮に かりに temporarily; provisionally; for example; for argument's sake

吐露

吐露 とろ express one's mind; speak out

吐き気

吐き気 はきけ nausea; sickness in the stomach

下請け

下請け したうけ subcontract; subcontractor (person or company)

請う

請う こう to beg; to ask; to request; to invite

眺望

眺望 ちょうぼう prospect; view; outlook

眺める

眺める ながめる to view; to gaze at

沖する

沖する ちゅうする to rise up into the air; to ascend into the sky

沖

沖 おき open sea

躍る

躍る おどる to jump; to leap; to pound (of one's heart, i.e. with excitement); to throb; to be messily written

活躍

活躍 かつやく activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role

躍起

躍起 やっき desperation; eagerness

権威

権威 けんい authority; power; influence

屈折

屈折 くっせつ bending; indentation; refraction; inflection; warping (e.g. of opinion, reasoning, etc.); distortion

理屈

理屈 りくつ theory; reason

勘違い

勘違い かんちがい misunderstanding; wrong guess

徹夜

徹夜 てつや all night; all-night vigil; sleepless night

斎場

斎場 さいじょう funeral hall; ceremony site

謝る

謝る あやまる to apologize; to apologise

感謝

感謝 かんしゃ thanks; gratitude

軍艦

軍艦 ぐんかん warship; battleship

催す

催す もよおす to hold (a meeting); to give (a dinner); to show signs of; to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.)

開催

開催 かいさい holding a meeting; open an exhibition

校舎

校舎 こうしゃ school building

仁

仁 にん benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; compassion; humanity; charity; human; kernel; nucleolus

仁義

仁義 じんぎ humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between gamblers); (gang's) moral code

仁王

仁王 におう the two guardian Deva kings

衝突

衝突 しょうとつ collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing

脚本

脚本 きゃくほん script; screenplay; scenario

猛虎

猛虎 もうこ fierce tiger; ferocious tiger; Hanshin Tigers (baseball team)

虎

虎 とら tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot

潮流

潮流 ちょうりゅう tide; tidal current; tendency; drift; trend

潮

潮 しお tide; current; salt water; opportunity

穴

穴 あな hole; deficit; shortage; missing person; vacancy; opening; flaw; profitable place (or item, etc.); upset victory (with a large payoff); pit (of a theater); hiding place;

怪我

怪我 けが injury (to animate object); hurt

怪獣

怪獣 かいじゅう monster

怪しい

怪しい あやしい suspicious; dubious; doubtful; dodgy; suspicious (referring to a potential amorous relation); dangerous (e.g. financial situation); ominous (e.g. weather); strange; shady; fishy; charming; bewitching; mysterious

光輝

光輝 こうき brightness; splendour; splendor

輝く

輝く かがやく to shine; to glitter; to sparkle

緊張

緊張 きんちょう tension; mental strain; nervousness

唇

唇 くちびる lips

忍者

忍者 にんじゃ ninja (persons in feudal Japan who used ninjutsu for the purposes of espionage, assassination, sabotage, etc.)

忍ぶ

忍ぶ しのぶ to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure

熱狂

熱狂 ねっきょう wild enthusiasm; being crazy about

狂う

狂う くるう to go mad; to get out of order; to go amiss

奪取

奪取 だっしゅ usurpation; taking back; dispossession

略奪

略奪 りゃくだつ pillage; plunder; looting; robbery

奪う

奪う うばう to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal

診断

診断 しんだん diagnosis; medical examination

診る

診る みる to examine (medically)

竜巻

竜巻 たつまき tornado; waterspout

竜

竜 りゅう dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook

負債

負債 ふさい debt; liabilities

鈴

鈴 すず bell (often globular)

振鈴

振鈴 しんれい hand bell; ringing of a bell

風鈴

風鈴 ふうりん wind chime; wind bell

僧

僧 そう monk; priest

掲げる

掲げる かかげる to publish; to print; to carry (an article); to put up; to hang out; to hoist; to fly (a sail); to float; to adopt (a slogan); to stoke a fire; to fan a flame

伯爵

伯爵 はくしゃく count; earl

熊

熊 くま bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)

放浪

放浪 ほうろう wandering

梅

梅 うめ Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Chinese plum; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)

俊英

俊英 しゅんえい excellence; genius

指摘

指摘 してき pointing out; identification

摘み草

摘み草 つみくさ picking herbs and wildflowers

項目

項目 こうもく (data) item; entry

幽霊

幽霊 ゆうれい ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom

悪霊

悪霊 あくりょう evil spirit

霊

霊 たま soul; spirit

垣根

垣根 かきね hedge; fence

石垣

石垣 いしがき stone wall

自慢

自慢 じまん pride; boast

扱う

扱う あつかう to deal with (a person); to treat; to handle; to take care of; to entertain; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to manage; to operate (e.g. a machine); to treat; to discuss;

交渉

交渉 こうしょう negotiations; discussions; connection

突如

突如 とつじょ suddenly; all of a sudden

如来

如来 にょらい Tathagata; perfected one (suffix of high-ranking Buddhist deities)

縮小

縮小 しゅくしょう reduction; curtailment

縮まる

縮まる ちぢまる to shorten; to narrow; to close

詳しい

詳しい くわしい detailed; full; accurate; knowing very well; well-acquainted; well-informed

一旦

一旦 いったん once; for a moment; temporarily; one morning

考慮

考慮 こうりょ consideration; taking into account

優雅

優雅 ゆうが elegance; grace; refinement

砲

砲 ほう gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance

参謀

参謀 さんぼう staff officer; participating in planning

懐かしい

懐かしい なつかしい dear; desired; missed

懐古

懐古 かいこ recalling the old days; nostalgia; reminiscences

懐

懐 ふところ bosom; bust; (breast) pocket; purse; handbag

内懐

内懐 うちぶところ inside pocket; bosom; real intention

愚か

愚か おろか foolish; stupid

愚痴

愚痴 ぐち idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)

舌

舌 した tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)

下駄

下駄 げた geta; Japanese wooden clogs; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character

無駄

無駄 むだ futility; uselessness; pointlessness

奴隷

奴隷 どれい slave; servant; slavery

豆

豆 まめ legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, such as beans, peas, pulses, etc.); beans; peas; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; miniature; tiny; child

豆腐

豆腐 とうふ tofu; bean-curd

大豆

大豆 だいず soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy

又

又 また again; and; also; still (doing something)

金銭

金銭 きんせん money; cash

小銭

小銭 こぜに coins; small change

抑制

抑制 よくせい control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition; check; curb

抑える

抑える おさえる to pin something down; to hold something down; to hold something back; to stop; to restrain; to curb; to seize; to grasp; to arrest;

侍従

侍従 じじゅう chamberlain

侍

侍 さむらい warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; man in attendance (on a person of high standing); retainer