近頃ちかごろlately, recently, nowadays地球ちきゅうthe earth地区ちくdistrict, section遅刻ちこくlateness, late coming知事ちじprefectural governor知識ちしきknowledge, information父親ちちおやfather知能ちのうintelligence, brains地平線ちへいせんhorizon地方ちほうarea, locality, region茶ちゃteaチャンスチャンスchance, opportunityちゃんとちゃんとperfectly, properly, exactly中ちゅうinside, middle, among注ちゅうannotation, explanatory note中央ちゅうおうcentral, center, middle中学ちゅうがくmiddle school, junior high school中古ちゅうこused, second-hand中止ちゅうしsuspension, stoppage, discontinuance駐車ちゅうしゃparking (e.g., car)昼食ちゅうしょくlunch (same as 昼ご飯 (ひるごはん))中心ちゅうしんcenter, core注目ちゅうもくnotice, attention, observation注文ちゅうもんorder, request長期ちょうきlong time period調査ちょうさsurvey調子ちょうしcondition, state, tune, tone頂上ちょうじょうtop, summit, peakちょうだいちょうだい-- colloquial form of ください貯金ちょきん(bank) savings直接ちょくせつdirect, immediate, firsthand著者ちょしゃauthor, writer散らすちらすto scatter, to disperse, to distribute散るちるto fall, to scatter (e.g., blossoms)遂についにfinally, at last通過つうかpassage through, passing通貨つうかcurrency通学つうがくcommuting to school通勤つうきんcommuting to work通行つうこうpassage, passing通じるつうじるto run to, to lead to, to communicate通信つうしんcorrespondence, communications通訳つうやくinterpretation捕まるつかまるto be arrested掴むつかむto seize, to catch, to grasp疲れつかれtiredness, fatigue付き合いつきあいsocialization付合うつきあうto associate with, to keep company with, to get on with次々つぎつぎin succession, one by one付くつくto adjoin, to be attached, to adhere就くつくto settle in (place), to take (seat position), to study (under teacher)突くつくto thrust, to strike次ぐつぐto rank next to, to come after付けるつけるto attach, to join, to add着けるつけるto put on, to wear伝わるつたわるto be handed down, to be transmitted土つちearth, soil続きつづきsequel, continuation包みつつみbundle, package勤めつとめwork, employment務めつとめduty繋がるつながるto be connected to, to be related to繋ぐつなぐto tie, to fasten, to connect繋げるつなげるto connect常につねにalways (same as いつも) (written expression)翼つばさwingsつまりつまりnamely罪つみcrime, fault, indiscretion積むつむto pile up, to stack詰めるつめるto pack, to shorten, to work out (details)積もるつもるto pile up梅雨つゆrainy season辛いつらいpainful, heart-breaking釣つりfishing連れつれcompanion, company出でoutflow, coming (going) out, graduate (of)出会いであいmeeting, rendezvous, encounter出合いであいan encounter出会うであうto meet by chance, to come across, to happen to encounter提案ていあんproposal, proposition, suggestion定期ていきfixed term抵抗ていこうresistance, opposition提出ていしゅつpresentation, submission, filing停電ていでんfailure of electricity程度ていどdegree, amount, level停留所ていりゅうじょbus or tram stopデートデートdate (in the sense of 'social engagement' only)敵てきenemy, rival出来事できごとincident happening, event適するてきするto fit, to suit適切てきせつappropriate, adequate, relevance適度てきどmoderate適用てきようapplyingできればできればif possible…手品てじなconjuring trick, magicですからですからtherefore鉄てつiron哲学てつがくphilosophy手伝いてつだいhelp, helper, assistant徹底てっていthoroughness, completeness鉄道てつどうrailway徹夜てつやstaying up all night, sleepless night手間てまtime, laborデモデモdemo, demonstration典型てんけいtype, pattern, archetypal天候てんこうweather電子でんしelectronテントテントtent伝統でんとうtradition, convention天然てんねんnature, spontaneity問いといquestion, query党とうparty (political)塔とうtower, pagoda答案とうあんexamination paper, examination script同一どういつidentity, sameness, similarity銅貨どうかcopper coin当時とうじat that time, in those days (same as そのころ)動詞どうしverb同時どうじsimultaneous(ly), same timeどうしてもどうしてもat any cost, no matter what, no matter how hard one triesどうぞよろしくどうぞよろしくpleased to meet you到着とうちゃくarrival道徳どうとくmorals投票とうひょうvoting, poll東洋とうようOrient同様どうようidentical, same (kind), like童謡どうようchildren's song, nursery rhyme同僚どうりょうcolleague道路どうろroad通すとおすto let pass, to overlook, to continue通り過ぎるとおりすぎるto pass, to pass through都会とかいcity溶くとくto dissolve (paint)解くとくto unfasten退くどくto retreat, to recede, to withdraw毒どくpoison, toxicant得意とくいpride, triumph, prosperity読書どくしょreading独身どくしんsingle, unmarried特徴とくちょうcharacteristic(s)特長とくちょうforte, merit独特どくとくpeculiarity, uniqueness, characteristic独立どくりつindependence (e.g., Ind. Day), self-support溶けるとけるto melt, to thaw, to dissolve解けるとけるto come untied, to come apartどこかどこかsomewhere, anywhereところがところがhowever, while, even ifところでところでby the way登山とざんmountain-climbing都市としtown, city, urban年月としつきmonths and years図書としょbooks年寄としよりold people, the aged閉じるとじるto close (e.g., book, eyes), to shut途端とたんjust (now, at the moment, etc.)土地とちplot of land, lot, soil突然とつぜんabruptly, suddenly, unexpectedlyトップトップtop届くとどくto reachとにかくとにかくanyhow, at any rate, anyway飛ばすとばすto skip over, to omit飛び出すとびだすto jump out, to rush out, to fly out留めるとめるto fasten, to turn off, to detain泊めるとめるto have someone stay (over night) (v.t.)友ともfriend, companion, pal共にともにsharing with, participate in虎とらtigerドライブドライブdrive, drivingトラックトラックtruckドラマドラマdramaトランプトランプplaying cards (lit: trump)取り上げるとりあげるto take up, to pick up努力どりょくgreat effort, exertion, endeavorトレーニングトレーニングtrainingドレスドレスdress取れるとれるto come off, to be taken off泥どろmudトントンton (1000 lbs.)とんでもないとんでもないoutrageous, No way!どんなにどんなにhow, how muchトンネルトンネルtunnel名なname, reputation内容ないようsubject, contents, detailなおなおstill, yet仲なかrelation, relationship流すながすto drain, to float, to shed (e.g., blood, tears)半ばなかばmiddle, halfway仲間なかまcompany, fellow, colleague, associate中身なかみcontent(s)中味なかみcontents, interior, filling眺めながめscene眺めるながめるto view, to gaze at流れながれstream, current流れるながれるto flow, to be washed away亡くすなくすto lose someone殴るなぐるto strike無しなしwithoutなぜならなぜならbecause謎なぞriddle, puzzle, enigma納得なっとくconsent, assent, understanding何かなにかsomethingなにもなにもnothing鍋なべsaucepan, pot怠けるなまけるto be idle, to neglect波なみwave涙なみだtear悩むなやむto agonize, to be troubled鳴らすならすto ring, to sound生るなるto bear fruit馴れるなれるto become domesticated, to become tame縄なわrope何でなんでWhy, What for何でもなんでもby all means, everything何とかなんとかsomehow, anyhow, one way or another似合うにあうto suit (a person), to match (clothing), (something) becomes (someone)煮えるにえるto boil, to cook, to be cooked苦手にがてpoor (at), weak (in), dislike (of)握るにぎるto grasp, to seize, to mold sushi日にちday日常にちじょうordinary, regular, everyday