向かいむかいfacing, opposite, across迎えむかえmeeting, person sent to pick up an arrival向くむくto face剥くむくto peel, to skin向けるむけるto turn towards, to point無視むしdisregard, ignore蒸し暑いむしあついhumid, sultry虫歯むしばcavity, tooth decay寧ろむしろrather, better, instead蒸すむすto steam, to poultice, to be sultry結ぶむすぶto tie, to bind, to link無駄むだfutility, uselessness夢中むちゅうcrush, crazy, be hooked on胸むねbreast, chest無料むりょうfree, no charge芽めsprout明確めいかくclear, definite名刺めいし(name) card名詞めいしnoun命じるめいじるto order, to command, to appoint名人めいじんmaster, expert命令めいれいorder, command, decree迷惑めいわくtrouble, bother, annoyance目上めうえperson of higher status飯めしmeals, food滅多にめったにrarely (with neg. verb), seldomメモメモmemorandum, note面めんface, mug, surface, side or facet, corner, page綿めんcotton免許めんきょlicense, permit, certificate面接めんせつinterview面倒めんどうtrouble, attentionメンバーメンバーmember申し込むもうしこむto apply for, to make an application申し訳もうしわけapology, excuse毛布もうふblanket燃えるもえるto burn目的もくてきpurpose, goal, aim目標もくひょうmark, objective, target文字もじletter (of alphabet), characterもしかするともしかするとperhaps, maybe, by some chanceもしももしもif持ち上げるもちあげるto raise, to lift up, to flatter用いるもちいるto use, to make use ofもったいないもったいないwasteful尤ももっともquite right, plausible, natural元もとorigin, original基もとbasis素もとprime戻すもどすto restore, to put back, to return基づくもとづくto be grounded on, to be based on求めるもとめるto request, to ask for者ものperson (same as 人 (ひと))物音ものおとsounds物語ものがたりtale, story, legend物事ものごとthings, everything燃やすもやすto burn模様もようpattern, figure, design文句もんくa complaintやがてやがてbefore long, soon, at length役やくrole, position約やくapproximately, about, some訳やくtranslation訳すやくすto translate役割やくわりassigning (allotment of) parts, role, duties家賃やちんrent厄介やっかいtrouble, burden, care宿やどinn, lodging雇うやとうto employ, to hire屋根やねroof破るやぶるto tear破れるやぶれるto get torn, to wear out辞めるやめるto retireややややa little, partially, somewhat唯一ゆいいつonly, sole, unique勇気ゆうきcourage, bravery, boldness友好ゆうこうfriendship有効ゆうこうvalid, effectual優秀ゆうしゅうsuperiority, excellence優勝ゆうしょうoverall victory, championship友情ゆうじょうfriendship, fellowship友人ゆうじんfriend (formal)有能ゆうのうable, capable, efficient郵便ゆうびんmail, postal serviceユーモアユーモアhumor有利ゆうりadvantageous, better床ゆかfloor愉快ゆかいpleasant, happy譲るゆずるto turn over, to assign, to hand over豊かゆたかabundant, wealthy, plentiful, rich茹でるゆでるto boil許すゆるすto permit, to allow, to approve夜よevening, night夜明けよあけdawn, daybreak酔うようto get drunk容易よういeasy, simple, plain容器ようきcontainer, vessel陽気ようきseason, weather, cheerfulness要求ようきゅうrequest, demand用心ようじんcare, precaution, caution様子ようすaspect, state, appearance要するにようするにin a word, after all, in short …要素ようそelement要点ようてんgist, main point曜日ようびday of the weekヨーロッパヨーロッパEurope予期よきexpectation, forecast横切るよこぎるto cross (e.g., arms), to traverse汚すよごすto pollute, to make dirty予算よさんestimate, budget止すよすto cease, to give up寄せるよせるto collect, to gather, to put aside予測よそくprediction, estimationヨットヨットyacht夜中よなかmidnight, dead of night世の中よのなかsociety, the world余分よぶんextra, excess, surplus予報よほうforecast, prediction予防よぼうprevention, protection against読みよみreading嫁よめbride, daughter-in-law余裕よゆうexcessよりよりtwist, ply因るよるto come from喜びよろこびjoy, pleasure, rejoicingよろしく (かん)よろしく (かん)best regards, please remember me四よんfour来らい～next ~ライターライターlighter楽らくcomfort, easeラケットラケットracket利益りえきprofits, gains理解りかいunderstanding, comprehension陸りくland, shore利口りこうclever, shrewd, bright離婚りこんdivorce理想りそうideal率りつrate, ratio, percentage留学りゅうがくstudying abroad流行りゅうこうfashionable, fad, prevailing量りょうquantity, amount寮りょうhostel, dormitory両替りょうがえchange, money exchange料金りょうきんfee, charge, fare例れいinstance, example, case礼れいexpression of gratitude例外れいがいexception礼儀れいぎmanners, courtesy, etiquette冷静れいせいcalm, coolness列れつqueue, line, row列車れっしゃtrain (ordinary)レベルレベルlevel連想れんそうassociation (of ideas), suggestion連続れんぞくconsecutive, continuity, continuing老人ろうじんthe aged, old person労働ろうどうlabor, workロケットロケットlocket, rocket論じるろんじるto argue, to discuss論争ろんそうcontroversy, dispute論文ろんぶんthesis, paper輪わring, hoop, circleワインワインwineわがままわがままselfishness, egoism, willfulness別れわかれparting, separation, farewell分かれるわかれるto branch off, to diverge from脇わきside湧くわくto boil, to grow hot分けるわけるto divide, to separateわざとわざとon purpose僅かわずかonly, merely, a little話題わだいtopic, subject笑いわらいlaugh, laughter, smile割るわるto divide, to break悪口わるくちabuse, insult我々われわれwe湾わんbay, gulf, inlet椀わんbowl碗わんbowl悪あくevil, vice当りあたりhit, success, reaching the markアップアップup宛てるあてるto address, to putアンケートアンケートquestionnaire (FRE: enquete), survey異いobjection意いwill医院いいんdoctor's office (surgery), clinic怒りいかりanger粋いきchic, style, purity意地いじdisposition, spirit, obstinacy, appetite依然いぜんstill, as yet傷めるいためるto damage, to impair, to spoil炒めるいためるto stir-fry一帯いったいa region, the whole place異動いどうa change, transfer衣料いりょうclothing渦うずswirl埋まるうまるto be buried, to be filled産むうむto give birth (v.t.), to deliver, to produce縁えんchance, tie, relationship尾おtail, ridge負うおうto bear, to owe遅れおくれdelay, lag教えおしえteachings, doctrine驚きおどろきsurprise, astonishment, wonder織るおるto weave欠くかくto lack, to crack核かくnucleus, kernel格かくstatus, character, case学歴がくれきacademic background駆けるかけるto run賭けるかけるto bet, to risk, to gamble課題かだいsubject, theme, task片付けかたづけtidying up, finishing加味かみseasoning, flavoring借りかりborrowing, debt, loan狩りかりhunting～観かんfeeling, view癌がんcancer刊行かんこうpublication, issue慣行かんこうcustomary practice, habit, traditional event