下水げすいdrainage, sewage, ditch, gutter, sewerage削るけずるto cut down little by little, to take a percentage桁けたcolumn, beam, digit下駄げた(Japanese footwear), wooden clogs血圧けつあつblood pressure月給げっきゅうmonthly salary傑作けっさくmasterpiece, best work月末げつまつend of the month気配けはいindication, sign, hint下品げひんvulgar, indecent, coarse煙いけむいsmoky険しいけわしいsteep, rugged～圏～けんbloc, sphere, area現～げん～present, incumbent見学けんがくtour, study by observation謙虚けんきょmodesty, humble原稿げんこうmanuscript, copy原産げんさんplace of origin原始げんしorigin, primeval研修けんしゅうtraining厳重げんじゅうstrict, severe, firm謙遜けんそんhumble, humility, modesty県庁けんちょうprefectural office限度げんどlimit, bounds現にげんにactually, really顕微鏡けんびきょうmicroscope懸命けんめいeagerness, strenuous原理げんりprinciple, theory, fundamental truth原料げんりょうraw materials小～こ～small ~恋しいこいしいdear, beloved高～こう～high (level) ~～校～こうcounter for school～港～こう~ port～号～ごうcounter for magazine工員こういんfactory worker強引ごういんforcible, assertive, pushy公害こうがいpublic nuisance, pollution高級こうきゅうhigh class公共こうきょうpublic, community, communal工芸こうげいindustrial arts孝行こうこうfilial piety交差こうさcross講師こうしlecturer工事こうじconstruction work公式こうしきformula, formality, official口実こうじつexcuseこうしてこうしてlike this, with this公衆こうしゅうthe public香水こうすいperfume功績こうせきachievements, merit光線こうせんbeam, light ray高層こうそうtall, high rise構造こうぞうstructure, construction交替こうたいchange, relief, alteration耕地こうちarable land交通機関こうつうきかんtransportation facilities校庭こうていschool yard肯定こうていpositive, affirmation高度こうどaltitude, height高等こうとうhigh class, high grade合同ごうどうcombination, incorporation高等学校こうとうがっこうsenior high school公表こうひょうofficial announcement, proclamation鉱物こうぶつmineral公務こうむofficial business, public business項目こうもくitem紅葉こうようfall colors (of leaves)合理ごうりrational交流こうりゅうexchange合流ごうりゅうconfluence, merge, join効力こうりょくeffect, efficacyコースコースcourseコーラスコーラスchorus焦がすこがすto burn, to scorch～国～こくnation of ~国王こくおうking国立こくりつnationalご苦労様ごくろうさまThank you for your had work焦げるこげるto burn, to be burned凍えるこごえるto freeze, to be chilled, to be frozen心当たりこころあたりhaving some knowledge of, happening to know心得るこころえるto understand, to have thorough knowledge腰掛けこしかけseat, bench腰掛けるこしかけるto sit (down)五十音ごじゅうおんthe Japanese syllabaryこしらえるこしらえるto make, to manufacture擦るこするto rub, to chafe, to file, to frost (glass), to strike (match)個体こたいan individualごちそうさまごちそうさまThank you for the mealこちらこそこちらこそit is I who should say so小遣いこづかいpocket money, allowanceコックコックcookこっそりこっそりstealthily, secretly古典こてんclassics, classic～毎～ごとevery ~, each ~〜 (まる) ごと〜 (まる) ごとwhole ~, all of ~言付けることづけるto leave a message言葉遣いことばづかいspeech, expression, wordingこないだこないだthe other day, lately, recently御無沙汰ごぶさたnot writing or contacting for a whileゴムゴムgum, rubber御免ごめんdeclining (something)ごめんくださいごめんくださいMay I come in, Is anyone here小指こゆびlittle finger堪えるこらえるto bear, to endure, to put up with娯楽ごらくpleasure, amusement, recreation御覧ごらん(hon.) look, inspection, tryコレクションコレクションcollection転がすころがすto roll転がるころがるto roll, to tumble紺こんnavy blue, deep blue今～こん～this, currentコンクールコンクールcontest (FRE: concours)コンクリートコンクリートconcrete混合こんごうmixing, mixtureコンセントコンセントconsent献立こんだてmenuこんばんはこんばんはgood eveningサークルサークルcircle, sports club (e.g., at a company)再～さい～re ~最～さい～the most ~在学ざいがく(enrolled) in school再三さいさんagain and again, repeatedly祭日さいじつnational holiday, festival day催促さいそくdemand, urge (action), press for採点さいてんmarking, grading災難さいなんcalamity, misfortune裁縫さいほうsewing材木ざいもくlumber, timberサイレンサイレンsiren逆ささかさreverse, upside down逆様さかさまreverse, upside down捜すさがすto search, to seek, to look for遡るさかのぼるto go back, to date back酒場さかばbar, bar-room一昨昨日さきおとといtwo days before yesterday, three days ago先程さきほどa little while ago索引さくいんindex, indices作者さくしゃauthor, artist削除さくじょelimination, deletion作成さくせいcreation, preparation, to make作製さくせいmanufacture, production探るさぐるto search, to look for, investigate囁くささやくto whisper, to murmur匙さじspoon座敷ざしきtatami room差し支えさしつかえhindrance, impediment差し引きさしひきdeduction, balance刺身さしみsliced raw fish(かさを～) さす(かさを～) さすto open流石さすがindeed, truly, as one would expect撮影さつえいphotographing雑音ざつおんnoise (jarring, grating)さっさとさっさとquickly早速さっそくat once, immediately, promptly錆さびrust (color)錆びるさびるto rust, to become rusty座布団ざぶとんcushion (Japanese)妨げるさまたげるto disturb, to preventさようならさようならgood-byeサラリーマンサラリーマンsalaryman騒がしいさわがしいnoisyさわやかさわやかfresh, refreshing～山～さんthe name of mountain～産～さんmade in ~三角さんかくtriangle, triangular算数さんすうarithmetic産地さんちproducing areaサンプルサンプルsample山林さんりんmountain forest～史～しhistory of ~～紙～しnewspaper, type of paper～寺～じthe name of temple仕上がるしあがるto be finished明明後日しあさってtwo days after tomorrowシーズンシーズンseason (sporting)シーツシーツsheet寺院じいんtempleしいんと (する)しいんと (する)silent (as the grave), (deathly) quiet自衛じえいself-defense塩辛いしおからいsalty (taste)司会しかいhost, chairperson四角いしかくいsquare仕方がないしかたがないit can't be helped, it's inevitable～時間目～じかんめ~th hour, ~th period時間割じかんわりtimetable, schedule〜(日本) 式～(にほん) しきcustom,敷地しきちsite敷くしくto spread out, to lay out茂るしげるto grow thick持参じさんbringing, taking, carrying磁石じしゃくmagnet四捨五入ししゃごにゅうrounding up (fractions)始終しじゅうcontinuously, always, constantly自習じしゅうself-study静まるしずまるto quieten down, to calm down姿勢しせいattitude自然科学しぜんかがくnatural science時速じそくspeed (per hour)子孫しそんdescendant, offspring死体したいcorpse下書きしたがきrough copy, draft自宅じたくone's own home (same as 自分の家 (じぶんのいえ))下町したまちold parts of town自治じちself-government, autonomy室～しつ～room～室～しつcounter for room実感じっかんfeelings, realization湿気しっきmoisture, humidity, dampnessしつこいしつこいinsistent, obstinate実習じっしゅうpractice, training実績じっせきachievements, actual results執筆しっぴつwriting実物じつぶつan actual thingしっぽしっぽtail (animal)実用じつようpractical use, utilityしつれいしました (かん)しつれいしました (かん)Excuse me., I'm sorry.実例じつれいexample, instance失恋しつれんbroken heart, unrequited love