太鼓たいこdrum, tambourine対策たいさくcounter-plan, counter-measure大してたいして(not so) much, (not) very大小だいしょうsize体制たいせいorder, system, structure体積たいせきcapacity, volume大層たいそうvery much, greatly体操たいそうgymnastics, physical exercises, calisthenics大分だいぶんconsiderably, greatly, a lot大木たいぼくlarge tree代名詞だいめいしpronounタイアタイアtire, tyreダイヤグラムダイヤグラムdiagramダイヤモンドダイヤモンドdiamondダイヤルダイヤルdial対立たいりつconfrontation, opposition, antagonism田植えたうえrice planting絶えずたえずconstantly楕円だえんellipse耕すたがやすto till, to plow, to cultivate滝たきwaterfall蓄えるたくわえるto save, to store, to lay in stock竹たけbambooただいまただいまHere I am, I'm home!但しただしbut, however, provided that立ち止まるたちどまるto stop, to halt, to stand stillたちまちたちまちinstantly, suddenly, all at once発はつto depart (e.g., on a plane, train)脱線だっせんderailment, digression妥当だとうproper, appropriate例えるたとえるto compare, to liken頼もしいたのもしいreliable, promisingダブルダブルdoubleダムダムdam溜息ためいきa sighためらうためらうto be hesitant～だらけ～だらけbe full of ~, be filled with ~だらしないだらしないslovenly, loose, a slut足るたるto be sufficient, to be enough短～たん～short ~～団～だんgroup, corps, partyオーケストラオーケストラorchestraおおざっぱおおざっぱrough (not precise), broad, sketchy大通りおおどおりmain streetオートメーションオートメーションautomation大凡おおよそabout, approximatelyお帰りおかえりreturn, welcomeおかけくださいおかけくださいplease sit downおかげさまでおかげさまでThanks to god, thanks to youおかずおかずside dish, accompaniment for rice dishesおかまいなくおかまいなくplease don't fuss over me拝むおがむto worship, to prayお代わりおかわりsecond helping, another cup補うおぎなうto compensate forお気の毒におきのどくにI'm sorry to hear that…屋外おくがいoutdoors送り仮名おくりがなpart of word written in kanaお元気でおげんきでTake care'怠るおこたるto neglect, to failお先におさきにbefore, after you伯父おじ(humble) uncle (older than one's parent)叔父おじuncle (younger than one's parent)惜しいおしいregrettable, disappointing伯父さんおじさん(hon.) middle-aged gentleman, uncle小父さんおじさん(hon.) middle-aged gentleman, uncle叔父さんおじさん(hon.) middle-aged gentleman, uncleお邪魔しますおじゃましますExcuse me for disturbing youお世話になりましたおせわになりましたI've been in your careお大事におだいじにTake care of yourself, Take care!, Get well soon落着くおちつくto calm down, to settle downお出掛けおでかけoutingお手伝いさんおてつだいさんmaid脅かすおどかすto threaten, to coerce落し物おとしものlost property驚かすおどろかすto surprise, to frightenお願いしますおねがいしますPlease (lit., I request)各々おのおのeach, every, either伯母おば(humble) aunt (older than one's parent)叔母おばaunt (younger than one's parent)小母さんおばさんlady, woman, ma'amおはようおはよう(abbr.) Good morningお参りおまいりworship, shrine visitお待たせしましたおまたせしましたSorry to have kept you waitingお待ちくださいおまちくださいPlease wait a momentおまちどおさまおまちどおさまSorry to have kept you waitingおめでたいおめでたいhappy event, matter for congratulation思い掛けないおもいがけないunexpected, casual思い切りおもいきりwith all one's strength (heart), resignation, resolution思い込むおもいこむto be under impression that, to be convinced that思いっ切りおもいっきりvery, much, fully重たいおもたいheavy, massive, seriousお休みおやすみholiday, absenceおやつおやつbetween meal snack, afternoon refreshment親指おやゆびthumbオルガンオルガンorgan恩恵おんけいblessing, benefit温室おんしつgreenhouse温泉おんせんspa, hot spring温帯おんたいtemperate zone御中おんちゅうMessrs.女の人おんなのひとwoman～日～かcounter for days～下～かunder ~～化～かaction of making something～科～かfamily, group, course～歌～かsong of ~～画～がpicture, paintingカーブカーブcurve外～がい～foreign ~, outside ~～外～がいout of ~開会かいかいopening of a meeting会館かいかんmeeting hall, assembly hall改札かいさつexamination of tickets解散かいさんbreakup, dissolution海水浴かいすいよくsea bathing, seawater bath回数かいすうnumber of times, frequency回数券かいすうけんbook of tickets改正かいせいrevision, amendment, alteration快晴かいせいgood weather解説かいせつexplanation, commentary改造かいぞうremodeling開通かいつうopening, open回転かいてんrotation, turning解答かいとうanswer, solution回答かいとうreply, answer外部がいぶthe outside, external解放かいほうrelease, liberation, emancipation開放かいほうopen, throw open, liberalization海洋かいようocean概論がいろんintroduction, general remark却ってかえってon the contrary, rather家屋かおくhouse, building係わるかかわるto concern oneself in, to be involved in書留かきとめregistered mail書取かきとりdictation垣根かきねhedge限りかぎりlimit(s), as far as possible各～かく～every ~, each ~架空かくうimaginary, fiction, fanciful各自かくじindividual, each拡充かくじゅうexpansion学術がくじゅつscience, learning, scholarship各地かくちvarious parts of the country拡張かくちょうexpansion, extension角度かくどangle学年がくねんyear in school, grade in school格別かくべつexceptional確率かくりつprobability学力がくりょくscholarship, knowledge掛け算かけざんmultiplication可決かけつapproval, adoption (e.g., motion, bill), passage火口かこうcrater (of a volcano)下降かこうdecline, descent, fall火山かざんvolcanoかしこまりましたかしこまりましたCertainly貸し出しかしだしlending, loaning過失かしつerror, mistake, negligence果実かじつfruit貸間かしまroom to let貸家かしやhouse for rent箇所かしょplace, point, part過剰かじょうexcess, over-かじるかじるto chew, to bite (at)課税かぜいtaxation下線かせんunderline, underscoreカセットカセットcassette (tape)加速かそくacceleration加速度かそくどacceleration塊かたまりlump, mass, cluster固まるかたまるto harden, to solidify, to become firm片道かたみちone-way (trip)傾くかたむくto incline toward, to slant, to lurch片寄るかたよるto be one-sided, to incline, to be partial～がち～がちtend to do ~学科がっかstudy subject, course of study学会がっかいacademic conference学級がっきゅうclass担ぐかつぐto shoulder, to carry on shoulder括弧かっこparenthesis, brackets活字かつじprinting type勝手にかってにarbitrarily,活力かつりょくvitality, energy仮名かなkana仮名遣いかなづかいkana orthography, syllabary spelling加熱かねつheating兼ねるかねるto simultaneously serve two or more functionsカバーカバーcover (e.g., book)過半数かはんすうmajorityかび (～がはえる)かび (～がはえる)mold, mildew被せるかぶせるto cover (with something)釜かまiron pot, kettle構いませんかまいませんit's all right紙屑かみくずwastepaper神様かみさまgod剃刀かみそりrazorガムガムchewing gum貨物かもつcargo, freightカラーカラーcollar, colorからかうからかうto ridicule, to make fun of空っぽからっぽempty, vacant, hollowかるたかるたplaying cards (POR: carta)枯れるかれるto wither, to die (plant), to be blasted (plant)カロリーカロリーcalorie可愛がるかわいがるto love, to be affectionate為替かわせmoney order, exchange瓦かわらroof tile～刊～かん~ issued (magazine, newspaper)～間～かんbetween, during～巻～かんvolume～館～かん~ hall, ~ building～感～かんfeeling, sense, impression換気かんきventilation感激かんげきdeep emotion, impression, inspiration関西かんさいsouth-western half of Japan, including Osaka元日がんじつNew Year's Day鑑賞かんしょうappreciation感ずるかんずるto feel, to sense間接かんせつindirect, indirectness観測かんそくobservation寒帯かんたいfrigid zone