民間みんかんprivate, civilian民主～みんしゅ～democratic民謡みんようfolk song, popular song～向け～むけfor ~無限むげんinfinite無地むじplain矛盾むじゅんcontradiction, inconsistency無数むすうcountless number, infinite number紫むらさきpurple color, violet群れむれcrowd, flock, herd姪めいniece名～めい～famous ~～名～めいcounter for people名作めいさくmasterpiece名所めいしょfamous place命ずるめいずるto command, to appoint迷信めいしんsuperstition名物めいぶつfamous product, special product, speciality銘々めいめいeach, individual恵まれるめぐまれるto be blessed with, to be rich in巡るめぐるto go around目指すめざすto aim at, to have an eye on目覚しめざましalarm-clock目下めしたat present, now目印めじるしmark, sign, landmark目立つめだつto be conspicuous, to stand outめちゃくちゃめちゃくちゃabsurd, messed up, wreckedめっきりめっきりremarkablyめでたいめでたいhappy, propitious, joyousメニューメニューmenuめまいめまいdizziness, giddiness目安めやすcriterion, aim免税めんぜいtax exemption面積めんせきarea面倒臭いめんどうくさいbother to do, tiresome儲かるもうかるto be profitable, to yield a profit儲けるもうけるto earn, to have (bear, beget) a child申し訳ないもうしわけないinexcusable, I am sorryモーターモーターmotor木材もくざいlumber, timber, wood目次もくじtable of contents潜るもぐるto drive, to pass throughもしかしたらもしかしたらperhaps, maybe, by some chanceもたれるもたれるto lean against, to lean onモダンモダンmodern餅もちsticky rice cake～もち～もちperson who has ~モデルモデルa fashion model元々もともとoriginally, by nature, from the start物置ものおきstorage room物語るものがたるto tell, to indicate物差しものさしruler, measure物凄いものすごいearth-shattering, staggering, to a very great extentモノレールモノレールmonorail揉むもむto rub, to crumple (up), to wrinkle催しもよおしevent, festivities, function盛るもるto serve (food)～問～もんcounter for questions問答もんどうquestions and answers, dialogue～夜～やcounter for nightsやかましいやかましいto be fussy, to be overly critical夜間やかんat night, nighttimeやかんやかんkettle役者やくしゃactor役所やくしょgovernment office, public office役人やくにんgovernment official薬品やくひんmedicine(s), chemical(s)役目やくめduty, business火傷やけどburn, scald夜行やこうnight train, night travel矢印やじるしdirecting arrowやたらにやたらにrandomly, recklessly, blindly薬局やっきょくpharmacy, drugstoreやっつけるやっつけるto attack (an enemy), to beat, to finish off家主やぬしlandlordやっぱりやっぱりafter all, anyway破くやぶくto tearやむをえないやむをえないcannot be helped, unavoidable軟らかいやわらかいsoft, tender, limp遊園地ゆうえんちamusement park夕刊ゆうかんevening paper郵送ゆうそうmailing夕立ゆうだち(sudden) evening shower (rain)夕日ゆうひ(in) the evening sun, setting sun悠々ゆうゆうquiet, calm, leisurely有料ゆうりょうadmission-paid, toll浴衣ゆかたbathrobe, informal summer kimono行方ゆくえone's whereabouts湯気ゆげsteam輸血ゆけつblood transfusion輸送ゆそうtransport, transportation油断ゆだんnegligence, unpreparedness湯飲みゆのみteacup緩いゆるいloose, lenient, slow溶岩ようがんlava用語ようごterm, terminology要旨ようしgist, essentials, summary幼児ようじinfant, baby, child容積ようせきcapacity, volume幼稚ようちinfancy, childish, infantile幼稚園ようちえんkindergarten用途ようとuse, usefulness洋品店ようひんてんclothes store養分ようぶんnourishment, nutrient羊毛ようもうwool漸くようやくat last, finally, hardly要領ようりょうgist, essentials, outline翌～よく～next ~欲張りよくばりgreedy余計よけいtoo much, unnecessary, abundance, surplus, excess, superfluityよこすよこすto send, to forward余所よそanother place, somewhere else, strange parts四つ角よつかどfour corners, crossroads酔っ払いよっぱらいdrunkard予備よびpreparation, spare呼び掛けるよびかけるto call out to, to accost, to address (crowd), to appeal呼び出すよびだすto summon, to call (e.g., phone)蘇るよみがえるto be resurrected, to be revived慶ぶよろこぶto be delighted, to be glad来日らいにちcoming to Japan, visit to Japan落第らくだいfailure, dropping out of a classラッシュアワーラッシュアワーrush hour欄らんcolumn of text (e.g., as in a newspaper)ランチランチlunchランニングランニングrunning乱暴らんぼうrude, violent, rough理科りかscience利害りがいadvantages and disadvantages, interest段階だんかいgradation, grade, stage短期たんきshort term炭鉱たんこうcoal mine, coal pit短所たんしょdefect, weak pointたんすたんすchest of drawers淡水たんすいfresh water断水だんすいwater outage単数たんすうsingular (number)団地だんちhousing complex断定だんていconclusion, decision短編たんぺんshort (e.g., story, film)誓うちかうto swear, to vow地下水ちかすいunderground water近々ちかぢかsoon, before long近付けるちかづけるto bring near, to put close, to let come near近寄るちかよるto approach, to draw near力強いちからづよいpowerful, strong, vigorousちぎるちぎるto cut up fine, to pick (fruit)地質ちしつgeological features知人ちじんfriend, acquaintance地帯ちたいarea, zone縮むちぢむto shrink, to be contracted縮めるちぢめるto shorten, to reduce, to shrink縮れるちぢれるto be wavy, to be curledチップチップgratuity, tip地点ちてんsite, point on a map地名ちめいplace name茶色いちゃいろいbrown～着～ちゃくcounter for clothes着々ちゃくちゃくsteadily中間ちゅうかんmiddle, midway, interim中旬ちゅうじゅんsecond third of a month抽象ちゅうしょうabstract中世ちゅうせいMiddle Ages, medieval times中性ちゅうせいneuter gender, neutral中途ちゅうとin the middle, half-way中年ちゅうねんmiddle-aged～庁～ちょうoffice, agency～兆～ちょうtrillion～長～ちょうleader, head～帳～ちょう~ book, notebook超過ちょうかexcess, being more than彫刻ちょうこくcarving, engraving, sculpture長所ちょうしょstrong point, merit長女ちょうじょeldest daughter調整ちょうせいregulation, adjustment, tuning調節ちょうせつregulation, adjustment, control長短ちょうたんlength, long and short, +-頂点ちょうてんtop, summit長男ちょうなんeldest son長方形ちょうほうけいrectangle, oblong調味料ちょうみりょうcondiment, seasoning～丁目～ちょうめ~ district (of a townチョークチョークchalk直後ちょくごimmediately following直線ちょくせんstraight line直前ちょくぜんjust before直通ちょくつうdirect connection直流ちょくりゅうdirect current貯蔵ちょぞうstorage, preservation直角ちょっかくright angle直径ちょっけいdiameter散らかすちらかすto scatter around, to leave untidy散らかるちらかるto be in disorder塵紙ちりがみtissue paper, toilet paper追加ついかaddition, supplement, appendixついでついでopportunity, occasion～通～つうcounter for letters通ずるつうずるto lead, to run, to open通知つうちnotice, notification通帳つうちょうbankbook通用つうようpopular use, circulation通路つうろpassage, pathway～遣い～づかいuse of ~～付～つきwith ~突き当たりつきあたりend (e.g., of street)突き当たるつきあたるto run into, to collide with月日つきひtime, years, days～続く～つづくfollow, continue, go on突っ込むつっこむto plunge into, to stick into務めるつとめるto serve, to act努めるつとめるto try, to aim綱つなrope繋がりつながりconnection, link, relationship粒つぶgrain潰すつぶすto smash, to waste潰れるつぶれるto be smashed, to go bankruptつまずくつまずくto stumble, to trip詰まるつまるto be blocked, to be packed爪つめfingernail or toenail艶つやgloss, glaze強気つよきfirm, strong