使用しようuse (same as 使うこと (つかうこと)), application, employment, utilization小しょうsmall章しょうchapter, section賞しょうprize, award上じょうfirst volume障害しょうがいobstacle, impediment奨学金しょうがくきんscholarship乗客じょうきゃくpassenger上京じょうきょうproceeding to the capital (Tokyo)状況じょうきょうstate of affairs, situation条件じょうけんconditions, terms正午しょうごnoon, mid-day正直しょうじきhonesty, integrity, frankness常識じょうしきcommon sense少女しょうじょyoung girl少々しょうしょうa little症状しょうじょうsymptoms, condition生じるしょうじるto occur, to arise, to be generated状態じょうたいcondition, situation上達じょうたつimprovement, advance冗談じょうだんa joke上等じょうとうfirst class, very good衝突しょうとつcollision, conflict商人しょうにんtrader, shopkeeper, merchant承認しょうにんrecognition, approval少年しょうねんboys, juveniles商売しょうばいtrade, business, commerce消費しょうひconsumption, expenditure商品しょうひんcommodity, merchandise賞品しょうひんprize, trophy消防しょうぼうfire fighting, fire department情報じょうほうinformation, (military) intelligence証明しょうめいproof, verification省略しょうりゃくomission, abbreviation, abridgment女王じょおうqueen職しょくemployment職業しょくぎょうoccupation, business食卓しょくたくdining table食品しょくひんfoodstuff植物しょくぶつplant, vegetation食物しょくもつfood, foodstuff食欲しょくよくappetite (for food)食料しょくりょうfood食糧しょくりょうprovisions, rations書斎しょさいstudy, den女子じょしwoman, girl助手じょしゅhelper, assistant徐々にじょじょにslowly, little by little署名しょめいsignature書物しょもつbooks女優じょゆうactress処理しょりprocessing, treatment, disposition書類しょるいdocuments, official papers知らせしらせnotice尻しりbuttocks, bottom知合いしりあいacquaintance印しるしmark城しろcastle進学しんがくgoing on to university神経しんけいnerve, sensitivity真剣しんけんseriousness, earnestness信仰しんこう(religious) faith, belief信号しんごうtraffic lights, signal, semaphore人工じんこうartificial, man made, human work,深刻しんこくserious診察しんさつmedical examination (of a patient)人種じんしゅrace (of people)信じるしんじるto believe人生じんせい(human) life (e.g., conception to death)親戚しんせきrelative(s)新鮮しんせんfresh心臓しんぞうheart身体しんたいthe body身長しんちょうheight (of body), stature慎重しんちょうcareful, prudent, cautious審判しんぱんumpire, referee, judgment人物じんぶつcharacter, personality, talented man進歩しんぽimprovement, progress, development親友しんゆうclose friend, buddy信用しんようconfidence, dependence信頼しんらいreliance, trust, confidence心理しんりmentality人類じんるいmankind, humanity巣すnest, breeding place酢すvinegar図ずfigure, drawing, illustration水準すいじゅんlevel, standard推薦すいせんrecommendationスイッチスイッチswitch睡眠すいみんsleep数すうnumber, figure数字すうじnumeral, figureスープスープ(Western) soup末すえthe end of, powder姿すがたfigure, shape, appearanceスキースキーski救うすくうto rescue from, to help out ofすくなくともすくなくともat least優れるすぐれるto surpass, to outstrip, to excelスケートスケートskate(s), skatingスケジュールスケジュールschedule少しもすこしもanything of, not one bit過ごすすごすto pass, to spend (time)筋すじmuscle, string, line進めるすすめるto advance, to promote, to hasten勧めるすすめるto urge (someone) to do (something), to recommendスタースターstarスタイルスタイルstyleスタンドスタンドstand頭痛ずつうheadacheずっとずっとfor a long timeすっぱいすっぱいsour, acidすてきすてきlovely, great既にすでにalready (same as もう)すなわちすなわちthat is, namely, e.g.スピーチスピーチspeech全てすべてall, the whole, entirely済ませるすませるto be finished角すみcorner墨すみinkすみません (かん)すみません (かん)sorry, excuse me澄むすむto clear (e.g., weather), to become transparent清むすむto clear (e.g., weather), to become transparent刷るするto print為るするto do, to attempt鋭いするどいpointed, sharpすれ違うすれちがうto pass by one anotherずれるずれるmove, off the point正せい(logical) true, regular生せいbirth性せいsex, gender姓せいsurname, family name所為せいcause, reason, fault税ぜいtax性格せいかくcharacter, personality正確せいかくaccurate, punctuality, exact世紀せいきcentury請求せいきゅうclaim, demand, request税金ぜいきんtax, duty清潔せいけつclean制限せいげんrestriction, restraint, limitation成功せいこうsuccess, hit正式せいしきofficial, formal性質せいしつnature, property, disposition精神せいしんmind, soul, spirit成人せいじんadult精々せいぜいat the most, at best成績せいせきgrade (i.e., on a test), academic record製造せいぞうmanufacture, production贅沢ぜいたくluxury, extravagance成長せいちょうgrowth生長せいちょうgrowth制度せいどsystem, institution青年せいねんyouth, young man生年月日せいねんがっぴbirth date製品せいひんmanufactured goods, finished goods政府せいふgovernment, administration生物せいぶつliving thing, organism生命せいめいlife整理せいりsorting, arrangement咳せきcough石炭せきたんcoal責任せきにんduty, responsibility石油せきゆoil, petroleum, kerosene世間せけんworld, society説せつtheory積極的せっきょくてきpositive, active, proactive設計せっけいplan, design絶対ぜったいdefinitely, without fail, absolutenessセットセットset愛あいlove相変わらずあいかわらずas ever, as usual愛情あいじょうlove, affection合図あいずsign, signalアイスクリームアイスクリームice cream愛するあいするto love相手あいてpartnerあいにくあいにくunfortunately遭うあうto meet, to encounter (undesirable nuance)アウトアウトout明かりあかりlamplight, light (in general)空きあきvacancy, opening, space明らかあきらかobvious, clear諦めるあきらめるto give up, to abandon飽きるあきるto get tired of, to lose interest in握手あくしゅhandshake悪魔あくまdevil, demon, evil spirit明けるあけるto dawn, to become daylight揚げるあげるto lift, to fry挙げるあげるto raise預かるあずかるto keep (something) for (someone)預けるあずけるto give into custody, to deposit汗あせsweat, perspiration与えるあたえるto give温かいあたたかいwarm暖まるあたたまるto warm up温まるあたたまるto warm oneself, to get warm暖めるあたためるto warm (up to someone/something), to heat (up to someone/something)温めるあたためるto warm, to heat辺りあたりvicinity, nearby当たり前あたりまえusual, common, obvious当たるあたるto be hit, to be successfulあちこちあちこちhere and there扱うあつかうto treat, to handle, to deal with集まりあつまりgathering, meeting, collection当てるあてるto hit跡あとtrace穴あなhole油あぶらoil脂あぶらfat誤りあやまりerror粗あらdefect, flaw, fault嵐あらしstorm争うあらそうto dispute, to argue, to fight新たあらたnew, freshあらゆるあらゆるall, every表すあらわすto express, to show現すあらわすto show, to appear, to reveal著すあらわすto write, to publish現れあらわれexpression, indication, sign