初～しょ～first ~諸～しょ～various ~～所～しょplace女～じょ～things done by women～女～じょcount for sisters省～しょう～economizing ~～省～しょうkind of ministry～商～しょうmerchant, business～勝～しょうcount for victory～条～じょうcounter for article～場～じょうkind of field, ground～畳～じょうcount for tatami, mat消化しょうかdigestion小学生しょうがくせいelementary school pupilしょうがないしょうがないIt is not worth ~将棋しょうぎJapanese chess蒸気じょうきsteam, vapor定規じょうぎ(measuring) ruler上級じょうきゅうadvanced level, high grade, senior商業しょうぎょうcommerce, trade, business消極的しょうきょくてきpassive賞金しょうきんprize, monetary award上下じょうげhigh and low, up and down障子しょうじpaper sliding door商社しょうしゃtrading company乗車じょうしゃtaking a train, entraining上旬じょうじゅんfirst 10 days of month生ずるしょうずるto cause, to arise, to be generated小数しょうすうfraction (part of), decimal商店しょうてんshop, business firm焦点しょうてんfocus, point消毒しょうどくdisinfection勝敗しょうはいvictory or defeat, issue (of battle)蒸発じょうはつevaporation上品じょうひんrefined, elegant, well-mannered勝負しょうぶvictory or defeat, game小便しょうべん(col) urine, piss消防署しょうぼうしょfire station正味しょうみnet (weight)正面しょうめんfront消耗しょうもうexhaustion, consumption初級しょきゅうelementary level助教授じょきょうじゅassistant professor～色～しょくkind of color食塩しょくえんtable salt職人しょくにんartisan, craftsman職場しょくばworkplace初旬しょじゅんfirst 10 days of the month書籍しょせきbook, publication食器しょっきtablewareショップショップa shop書店しょてんbookshop書道しょどうcalligraphy初歩しょほelements, rudiments白髪しらがwhite or grey hair, trendy hair bleachingシリーズシリーズseries私立しりつprivate (establishment)資料しりょうmaterials, data汁しるjuice, soup素人しろうとlayman, amateur, noviceしわ (かおの～)しわ (かおの～)wrinkles, creases芯しんcore, heart, wick新幹線しんかんせんShinkansen, "Bullet Train"真空しんくうvacuum人事じんじhuman resources, personnel management信ずるしんずるto believe心身しんしんmind and body申請しんせいapplication, request, petition人造じんぞうman-made, synthetic, artificial寝台しんだいbed診断しんだんdiagnosis侵入しんにゅうinvasion, raid, trespass人文科学じんぶんかがくsocial sciences, humanities人命じんめい(human) life深夜しんやlate at night森林しんりんforest, woods親類しんるいrelative(s) (same as 親戚 (しんせき))針路しんろcourse, direction神話しんわmyth, legend水産すいさんmarine products, fisheries炊事すいじcooking水蒸気すいじょうきwater vapor, steam水素すいそhydrogen垂直すいちょくvertical, perpendicular推定すいていpresumption, assumption, estimation水滴すいてきdrop of water水筒すいとうcanteen, flask, water bottle随筆ずいひつessays, miscellaneous writings水分すいぶんmoisture水平すいへいlevel, horizontal水平線すいへいせんhorizon水面すいめんwater's surface図々しいずうずうしいimpudent, shamelessずうっとずうっとall the time, all the way末っ子すえっこyoungest childスカーフスカーフscarf図鑑ずかんpicture book隙すきunguarded moment, chance杉すぎJapanese cedar好き嫌いすききらいlikes and dislikes, taste好き好きすきずきmatter of taste透き通るすきとおるto be(come) transparent隙間すきまcrack, gap, opening～過ぎる～すぎるtoo much ~スクールスクールschool図形ずけいfigure鈴すずbell涼むすずむto cool oneself, to cool offスタートスタートstartスチュワーデススチュワーデスstewardessすっきりすっきりshapely, clear, neatステージステージstageストッキングストッキングstockingsストップストップstop素直すなおobedient, meek, docile頭脳ずのうhead, brains, intellectスピーカースピーカーspeaker図表ずひょうchart, diagram, graphスマートスマートsmart, stylish, slim住まいすまいdwelling, houseすまないすまないsorry (phrase)～済～ずみfinished相撲すもうsumo wrestlingスライドスライドslideずらすずらすto put off, to delayずらりずらりin a line, in a rowスリッパスリッパslippers狡いずるいsly, cunning寸法すんぽうmeasurement, size, dimension税関ぜいかんcustoms製作せいさくmanufacture, production制作せいさくwork (e.g., film, book)清書せいしょclean copy青少年せいしょうねんyouth, young person整数せいすうinteger清掃せいそうcleaning生存せいぞんexistence, being, survival政党せいとう(member of) political party性能せいのうability, capability整備せいびmaintenance, overhaul成分せいぶんingredient, component, composition性別せいべつsex, gender正方形せいほうけいsquare正門せいもんmain gate, main entrance成立せいりつformation, establishment, completion西暦せいれきChristian Era, after (Christ’s) death (A.D.)背負うせおうto be burdened with～席～せきcounter for seats赤道せきどうequator折角せっかくwith trouble, at great pains, long-awaited接近せっきんgetting closer, drawing nearer, approaching接するせっするto attend to (someone)せっせとせっせとbusily, away接続せつぞくconnection, union, join, link瀬戸物せとものearthenware, crockery, chinaぜひともぜひともby all means (with sense of not taking 'no' for an answer)迫るせまるto draw near, to pressゼミゼミseminarせめてせめてat leastセメントセメントcement台詞せりふspeech, words, one's lines, remarks栓せんstopper, cork, stopcock～船～せんcounter for ships～戦～せんcounter for games, matches前～ぜん～former, late ~, past ~～前～ぜんbefore ~前後ぜんごfront and back, before and after全集ぜんしゅうcomplete works扇子せんすfolding fan専制せんせいdespotism, autocracy先々月せんせんげつmonth before last先々週せんせんしゅう2 weeks before先祖せんぞancestor先端せんたんpointed end, tipセンチセンチcentimeter先頭せんとうhead, lead, vanguard全般ぜんぱん(the) whole, general扇風機せんぷうきelectric fan洗面せんめんwash up (one's face), have a wash全力ぜんりょくall one's power, whole energy線路せんろline, track, roadbed～沿い～そいalong総～そう～gross, general, entire～艘～そうcounter for ships相違そういdifference, discrepancy, variationそういえばそういえばwhich reminds me ..雑巾ぞうきんhouse-cloth, dust cloth増減ぞうげんincrease and decrease, fluctuation倉庫そうこstorehouse, warehouse相互そうごmutual, reciprocal創作そうさくproduction, creation, work葬式そうしきfuneral造船ぞうせんshipbuilding騒々しいそうぞうしいnoisy, boisterous増大ぞうだいincrease, growthそうっとそうっとsoftly, cautiously, gently送別そうべつfarewell, send-off草履ぞうりJapanese sandals (footwear)総理大臣そうりだいじんPrime Minister送料そうりょうpostage, carriage～足～そくcounter for shoes属するぞくするto belong to, to come under続々ぞくぞくsuccessively, one after another速達そくたつexpress, special delivery測定そくていmeasurement測量そくりょうmeasurement, surveying速力そくりょくspeed素質そしつtalent, capability祖先そせんancestor(s)そそっかしいそそっかしいcareless, thoughtless卒直そっちょくfrank, candid, honestそのころそのころin those days, at that time, thenそのためそのためhence, for that reasonその他そのほかbesides剃るそるto shaveそれなのにそれなのにthough, althoughそれならそれならIf that's the case..., If so..., That being the case...それはいけませんね (かん)それはいけませんね (かん)that's not good逸れるそれるto stray (turn) from subject, to go astray算盤そろばんabacus