
Kyoiku kanji
    
    Encyclopedia
    
        , also known as  is a list of 1,006 kanji
and associated readings developed and maintained by the Japanese Ministry of Education
that prescribes which kanji, and which readings of kanji, Japanese schoolchildren should learn for each year of primary school. Although the list is designed for Japanese children, it can also be used as a sequence of learning characters by non-native speakers as a means of focusing on the most commonly used kanji.
Kyōiku kanji is a subset of Jōyō kanji
.
 
Note 2: In the Kun readings, readings after - (hyphen) are Okurigana
.
 | Kanji >
  Meaning  
 On  
Kun
>-
| 
  one   
 ichi, itsu  
|  two   
 ni, ji  
|  three   
 san  
|  four   
 shi  
|  five   
 go  
|  six   
 roku  
|  seven   
 shichi  
|  eight   
 hachi  
|  nine   
 ku or kyū  
|  ten   
 jū  
|  hundred   
 hyaku  
|  thousand   
 sen  
|  top   
 jō  
|  below   
 ka or ge  
|  left   
 sa  
|  right   
 u or yū  
|  inside, middle  
 chū   
|  large   
 dai  
|  small   
 shō  
|  month; moon   
 gatsu or getsu  
|  day; sun   
 nichi  
|  year   
 nen  
|  early   
 sō  
|  tree   
 moku; boku  
|  woods   
 rin  
|  mountain   
 san  
|  river   
 sen  
|  soil   
 do  
|  sky   
 kū  
|  rice paddy   
 den  
|  heaven; sky   
 ten  
|  life   
 sei or shō  
|  flower   
 ka  
|  grass   
 sō  
|  insect   
 chū  
|  dog   
 ken  
|  person   
 jin or nin  
|  name    
 mei or myō  
|  female   
 jo or nyo  
|  male   
 dan or nan  
|  child   
 shi or su  
|  eye   
 moku  
|  ear   
 ji or ni  
|  mouth   
 kō  
|  hand   
 shu  
|  foot or leg  
 soku  
|  see   
 ken  
|  sound   
 on  
|  power   
 riki or ryoku  
|  spirit  
|  circle; yen  
 en  
|  enter   
 nyū  
|  exit   
 shutsu  
|  stand up   
 ritsu  
|  rest   
 kyū  
|  previous   
 sen  
|  evening   
 seki   
|  book   
 hon  
|  writing   
 bun or mon  
|  character   
 ji  
|  study   
 gaku  
|  school   
|  village   
 son  
|  town   
 chō  
|  forest   
 shin  
|  correct    
 sei  
|  water   
 sui  
|  fire   
 ka  
|  gem   
 gyoku  
|  king   
|  stone   
 seki  
|  bamboo   
 chiku  
|  thread   
 shi  
|  shellfish  
  
|  wheeled vehicle   
 sha  
|  gold   
 kin  
|  rain   
 u  
|  red   
 seki  
|  blue   
 sei  
|  white   
 haku  
 shiro 
 | Kanji >
Meaning  
 On  
Kun
>-
| 
number   
 sū  
|many,much   
 ta  
|a few, a little   
 shō  
|ten thousand   
 man  
|half   
 han  
|  shape   
 kei or gyō  
|  great  
 ta  
|  thin   
 sai  
|  wide   
 kō  
|  long   
 chō  
|  point   
 ten  
|  circle   
 gan  
|  mix   
 kō  
|  light   
 kō  
|  angle,corner   
 kaku  
|  measure   
 kei  
|  straight,correct   
 choku,jiki  
|  line   
|  arrow   
 shi  
|  weak   
 jaku  
|  strong   
 kyō  
|  tall or high   
 kō  
|  same   
 dō  
|  parent   
 shin  
|  mother   
 bo  
|  father   
 fu  
|  older sister   
 shi  
|  older brother   
 kei  
|  younger brother   
 tei or dai  
|  younger sister   
 mai  
|  oneself   
 ji or shi  
|  friend   
 yū  
|  body   
 tai  
|  hair   
 mō  
|  head   
 tō  
|  face   
 gan  
|  neck   
 shu  
|  heart   
 shin  
|  time   
 ji  
|  weekday   
|  morning   
 chō  
|  daytime   
 chū  
|  night   
 ya  
|  minute; understand   
 fun,bun  
|  week   
|  spring   
 shun  
|  summer   
 ka  
|  autumn   
 shū  
|  winter   
 tō  
|  now   
 kon  
|  new   
 shin  
|  old   
 ko  
|  interval   
 kan,ken  
|  direction   
 hō  
|  north   
 hoku  
|  south   
 nan  
|  east   
 tō  
|  west   
 sei or sai  
|  far   
 en  
|  near   
 kin  
|  in front   
 zen  
|  behind   
 go,kou  
|  inside   
 nai  
|  outside   
 gai or ge  
|  place   
 jō  
|  ground   
|  country   
 koku  
|  garden   
 en  
|  valley   
 koku  
|  field   
 ya  
|  field, origin   
 gen  
|  village   
 ri  
|  city   
 shi  
|  capital   
 kyō or kei  
|  wind   
 fū  
|  snow   
 setsu  
|  cloud   
 un  
|  pond   
 chi  
|  sea   
 kai  
|  rock   
 gan  
|  star   
 sei  
|  room   
 shitsu  
|  door   
 ko  
|  house   
 ka or ke  
|  Buddhist temple   
 ji  
|  pass through   
 tsū  
|  gates   
 mon  
|  road   
 dō  
|  talk   
 wa  
|  say   
 gen,gon  
|  answer   
 tō  
|  voice   
 sei  
|  hear   
 bun or mon  
|  language   
 go  
|  read   
 doku  
|  write   
 sho  
|  write down   
 ki  
|  paper   
 shi  
|  picture   
|  picture   
 kai  
|  drawing   
 zu  
|  craft   
|  teach   
 kyō  
|  clear   
 sei  
|  think   
 shi  
|  think about   
 kō  
|  know   
 chi  
|  ability  
 sai,zai  
|  reason   
 ri  
|  calculate   
|  make   
 saku  
|  origin   
 gen or gan  
|  eat,meal   
 shoku  
|  meat   
|  horse   
 ba  
|  cow   
 gyū  
|  fish   
 gyo  
|  bird   
 chō  
|  feather   
 u  
|  chirp   
 mei  
|  wheat   
 baku  
|  rice   
 bei or mai  
|  tea   
|  colour   
 shoku  
|  yellow   
 ō  
|  black   
 koku  
|  come   
 rai  
|  go   
 kō or gyō  
|  return home   
 ki  
|  walk   
 ho  
|  run   
 sō  
|  stop   
 shi  
|  active, alive   
 katsu  
|  store   
 ten  
|  buy   
 bai  
|  sell   
 bai  
|  noon  
 go  
|  steam   
|  bow   
 kyū  
|  -times, to revolve   
|  association   
 kai or e  
|  association, team   
 so  
|  ship   
 sen  
|  bright   
 mei  
|  company   
 sha  
|  cut   
 setsu  
|  electricity   
|  every   
|  fit   
 gō  
|  hit   
 tō  
|  base   
|  pleasure   
 raku  
|  public   
 kou  
|  pull   
 in  
|  section   
|  song   
 ka  
|  sword   
 tō  
|  number   
|  use   
 yō  
|  what   
 ka  
 nani or nan 
 | Kanji >
  Meaning  
 On  
Kun
>-
| 
  pair   
|  world   
 sei or se  
|  both   
|  master   
 shu  
|  ride   
 jō  
|  in advance   
 yo  
|  abstract thing   
 ji  
|  serve   
 shi  
|  other   
 ta  
|  substitute   
 dai or tai  
|  dwell   
 jū  
|  use   
 shi  
|  person in charge   
 kei  
|  double   
|  whole   
 zen  
|  tool   
|  copy   
 sha  
|  row   
|  help   
 jo  
|  diligence   
 ben  
|  move   
 dō  
|  win   
 shō  
|  disguise, -ification   
 ka  
|  ward   
|  doctor   
|  leave   
 kyo or ko  
|  anti-   
 han  
|  take   
 shu  
|  receive   
 ju  
|  number   
|  face(v.)   
 kō  
|  you   
 kun  
|  flavor   
 mi  
|  life   
 mei  
|  peace, sum   
|  article   
 hin  
|  member   
|  commerce   
|  question   
 mon  
|  slope   
  
|  center   
|  begin   
 shi  
|  committee   
 i  
|  protect   
 shu  
|  cheap   
 an  
|  fix   
 tei or jō  
|  fruit or content   
 jitsu  
|  guest   
|  Shinto shrine or prince (princess)   
 kyū  
|  inn   
 shuku  
|  cold   
 kan  
|  opposite   
|  office   
|  premise   
 oku  
|  shore   
 gan  
|  island   
 tō  
|  state   
|  account book   
|  flat   
 hei or byō 
|  happiness   
 kō  
|  degrees, occurrences   
|  warehouse   
|  garden   
 tei  
|  style   
|  role   
|  wait   
 tai  
|  hurry   
 kyū  
|  breath   
 soku  
|  bad   
 aku  
|  sad   
 hi  
|  thought   
|  idea   
|  feel   
|  place   
 sho  
|  hit   
 da  
|  throw   
 tō  
|  pick up   
  
|  hold   
 ji  
|  finger   
 shi  
|  release   
 hō  
|  put in order   
 sei  
|  trip   
 ryo  
|  tribe   
|  long ago   
  
|  clear   
|  hot   
 sho  
|  dark   
 an  
|  sheet music / crooked  
 kyoku  
|  be, possession   
 yū  
|  clothes   
|  period of time   
|  board   
 han or ban  
|  pillar   
 chū  
|  root   
 kon  
|  plant   
 shoku  
|  business   
|  appearance or Mr (Mrs,Ms)   
 yō  
|  side   
 ō  
|  bridge   
 kyō  
|  next   
 ji  
|  tooth   
 shi  
|  death   
 shi  
|  ice   
 hyō  
|  decide   
 ketsu  
|  oil   
 yu  
|  wave   
 ha  
|  pour   
 chū  
|  swim   
 ei  
|  ocean, western   
|  stream   
 ryū  
|  extinguish   
 shō  
|  deep   
 shin  
|  warm   
 on  
|  harbor   
 kō  
|  lake   
 ko  
|  hot water   
 tō  
|  China   
|  charcoal   
 tan  
|  thing   
 butsu or motsu  
|  ball   
 kyū  
|  reason   
 yū or yu  
|  say   
  
|  world   
|  agricultural field   
  
|  sick   
 byō  
|  departure   
|  climb   
 tō or to  
|  skin   
 hi  
|  dish   
  
|  mutual   
 sō  
|  prefecture   
|  true   
 shin  
|  wear or arrive   
 chaku  
|  short   
 tan  
|  sharpen   
 ken  
|  thanks   
|  god(s)   
 shin or jin  
|  festival   
 sai  
|  luck   
|  second   
|  research   
|  chapter   
|  juvenile   
|  whistle   
 teki  
|  ordinal number prefix   
|  writing brush   
 hitsu  
|  class   
 tō  
|  box   
  
|  rank   
|  end   
 shū  
|  green   
 ryoku  
|  practice   
 ren  
|  sheep   
 yō  
|  beauty   
 bi  
|  learn   
 shū  
|  someone   
 sha  
|  nurture   
 iku  
|  suffer   
 ku  
|  luggage   
 ka  
|  fall   
 raku  
|  leaf   
 yō  
|  medicine   
 yaku  
|  blood   
 ketsu  
|  list or surface   
 hyō  
|  poem   
|  investigate   
 chō  
|  discuss   
|  beans   
 tō or zu  
|  lose   
 fu  
|  wake up   
 ki  
|  road   
 ro  
|  body   
 shin  
|  revolve   
 ten  
|  light   
 kei  
|  farming   
|  return   
 hen  
|  follow   
 tsui  
|  send   
 sō  
|  fast   
 soku  
|  advance   
 shin  
|  play   
 yū  
|  carry   
 un  
|  part   
|  metropolis   
 to or tsu  
|  distribute   
 hai  
|  rice wine   
 shu  
|  heavy   
 jū or chō  
|  iron   
|  silver   
|  open   
 kai  
|  institution   
|  sunshine   
|  floor of a building   
|  collect   
 shū  
|  face   
 men  
|  topic   
|  drink   
 in  
|  public building   
|  station   
|  nose   
 bi  
 hana 
 | Kanji >
  Meaning  
 On  
Kun
>-
| 
  not   
|  conflict   
 sō  
|  attach   
 fu  
|  orders   
|  since   
|  go-between   
 chū  
|  transmit   
 den  
|  rank   
 i  
|  low   
 tei  
|  example   
 rei  
|  convenience   
 ben or bin  
|  trust   
|  storage   
 sō  
|  climate   
|  borrow   
 shaku  
|  halt   
|  healthy   
|  side   
 soku  
|  work   
 dō  
|  hundred million   
|  portent or trillion   
 chō  
|  child   
|  together   
 kyō  
|  soldier   
 hei or hyō  
|  code   
|  cool   
 rei  
|  first   
 sho  
|  separate   
 betsu  
|  profit   
|  printing   
 satsu  
|  vice-   
|  achievement   
|  add   
 ka  
|  toil   
 do  
|  labor   
 rō  
|  courage   
 yū  
|  wrap   
 hō  
|  graduate   
|  cooperation   
|  simple   
|  Dr.   
|  mark   
 in  
|  participate  
  san   
|  history   
|  director   
|  each   
 kaku  
|  tell   
 koku  
|  circumference   
 shū  
|  chant   
 shō  
|  rejoice   
 ki  
|  container   
 ki  
|  surround   
 i  
|  harden   
 ko  
|  model   
 kei  
|  public chamber   
|  salt   
 en  
|  gentleman   
|  change   
 hen  
|  husband   
 fu fuu bu  
|  lose   
 shitsu  
|  like   
 kō  
|  seasons   
|  grandchild   
 son  
|  perfect   
|  government official   
|  harm   
|  guess   
|  nest   
 sō  
|  distinction   
|  hope   
 ki  
|  seat   
|  sash   
 tai  
|  bottom   
 tei  
|  urban prefecture   
|  ease   
|  build   
 ken  
|  diameter   
|  junior   
|  acquire   
 toku  
|  without fail   
 hitsu  
|  thought   
|  love   
|  become   
 sei  
|  war   
 sen  
|  fold   
 setsu  
|  raise   
 kyo  
|  reformation   
 kai  
|  salvation   
 kyū  
|  failure   
 hai  
|  scatter   
 san  
|  fee   
|  national flag   
 ki  
|  previous   
|  scenery   
|  most   
 sai  
|  hope   
 bō  
|  un-   
 mi  
|  end   
 matsu  
|  tag   
 satsu  
|  lumber   
|  bundle   
 soku  
|  pine   
 shō  
|  fruit, accomplish   
 ka  
|  prosperity   
 ei  
|  plan   
|  apricot  
 bai  
|  contraption   
|  poles   
 kyoku  
|  signpost   
|  machine   
 ki  
|  lack   
 ketsu  
|  curriculum   
|  remainder   
 zan  
|  kill   
 satsu  
|  poison   
|  family name   
 shi  
|  people   
 min  
|  request   
 kyū  
|  govern   
 chi or ji  
|  method   
|  cry   
 kyū  
|  shallow   
 sen  
|  bathe   
 yoku  
|  pure   
 sei or shō  
|  full   
 man  
|  fishing   
 ryō or gyō  
|  lamp   
 tō  
|  nothing   
 mu or bu  
|  so   
 zen or nen  
|  bake   
 shō  
|  illuminate   
 shō  
|  heat   
 netsu  
|  breed   
 boku  
|  special   
|  give birth   
 san  
|  target   
 teki  
|  government ministry   
 sho or sei  
|  celebrate   
 shuku  
|  ballot   
|  kind or seed   
 shu  
|  accumulate   
 seki  
|  emulate   
 kyō  
|  laugh   
 shō  
|  pipe   
 kan  
|  node   
 setsu  
|  flour   
 fun  
|  chronicle   
|  promise   
|  tie   
 ketsu  
|  salary   
 kyū  
|  continue   
 zoku  
|  put   
 chi  
|  old man   
 rō  
|  stomach   
|  vein   
|  intestines   
|  retainer   
|  cruise   
|  good   
 ryō  
|  art   
|  bud   
 ga  
|  England   
|  vegetable   
 sai  
|  city   
 gai  
|  clothes   
 i  
|  need   
 yō  
|  memorize   
 kaku  
|  observe   
 kan  
|  instruction   
|  test   
 shi  
|  theory   
 setsu  
|  section   
|  deliberation   
|  elephant   
 zō or shō  
|  freight   
|  savings   
 cho  
|  expense   
 hi  
|  prize   
|  army   
|  wheel   
 rin  
|  resign   
 ji  
|  environs   
 hen  
|  take along   
 ren  
|  attain   
  
|  choose   
 sen  
|  county   
|  quantity   
|  record   
|  mirror   
 kyō  
|  related   
 kan  
|  land   
|  group   
|  quiet   
 sei  
|  obey   
|  request   
 gan  
|  sort   
|  fly   
 hi  
|  meal   
 han  
|  foster   
 yō  
|  test   
 ken 
| Kanji || Meaning || On || Kun
|-
| || long time || kyū || hisa
|-
| || Buddha || hutsu or butsu || hotoke
|-
| || sham || ka or ke || kari
|-
| || affair || ken
|-
| || responsibility || nin || maka-seru
|-
| || becoming || ji || ni-ru
|-
| || too much || yo || ama-ru
|-
| || value || ka || atai
|-
| || preserve || ho || tamo-tsu
|-
| || discipline || shū || osa-meru
|-
| || straw bag || hyō || tawara
|-
| || individual || ko
|-
| || provide || bi || sona-eru
|-
| || statue || zō
|-
| || again || sai or sa || futata-bi
|-
| || publish || kan
|-
| || judge || han || waka-ru
|-
| || control || sei
|-
| || ticket || ken
|-
| || rule || soku || notto-ru
|-
| || effect || kō || ki-ku
|-
| || duty || mu || tsuto-meru
|-
| || power || sei || ikio-i
|-
| || thick || kō || atsu-i
|-
| || phrase || ku
|-
| || possible || ka
|-
| || manage || ei || itona-mu
|-
| || cause || in || yo-ru
|-
| || group || dan or ton
|-
| || pressure || atsu
|-
| || exist || zai || a-ru
|-
| || level || kin
|-
| || foundation || ki || moto-duku
|-
| || report || hō || muku-iru
|-
| || boundary || kyō || sakai
|-
| || grave || bo || haka
|-
| || increase || zō || ma-su or fu-eru
|-
| || dream || mu || yume
|-
| || wife || sai || tsuma
|-
| || lady || fu
|-
| || contain || yō
|-
| || approach || ki || yo-ru
|-
| || rich || fu || tomi
|-
| || guide || dō || michibi-ku
|-
| || reside || kyo || i-ru
|-
| || belong || zoku
|-
| || linen || fu || nuno
|-
| || expert || shi
|-
| || normal || jō || tsune
|-
| || tree-trunk || kan || miki
|-
| || preface || jo
|-
| || valve || ben
|-
| || stretch || chō || ha-ru
|-
| || journey || ō
|-
| || repeating || fuku
|-
| || virtue || toku
|-
| || intention || shi || kokorozashi
|-
| || respond || ō
|-
| || cheerful || kai || kokoroyo-i
|-
| || gender || sei or shō || saga
|-
| || grace || on
|-
| || feelings || jō || nasa-ke
|-
| || condition || tai
|-
| || accustomed || kan || na-reru
|-
| || acquiesce || shō || uketamawa-ru
|-
| || skill || gi || waza
|-
| || beckon || shō || mane-ku
|-
| || instruct || ju || sazu-keru
|-
| || pick || sai || to-ru
|-
| || contact || setsu || ses-suru or tsu-gu
|-
| || present || tei || sa-geru
|-
| || loss || son || soko-neru
|-
| || branch || shi || sasa-eru
|-
| || politics || sei || matsurigoto
|-
| || circumstances || ko || yue
|-
| || enemy || teki || kataki
|-
| || cut off || dan || ta-tsu or kotowa-ru
|-
| || old times || kyū
|-
| || easy || eki || yasa-shii
|-
| || outburst || bō || aba-ku
|-
| || clause || jō
|-
| || branch || shi || eda
|-
| || investigate || sa
|-
| || status || kaku
|-
| || cherry || ō || sakura
|-
| || examine || ken
|-
| || construct || kō || kama-eru
|-
| || military || bu or mu
|-
| || compare || hi || kura-beru
|-
| || eternity || ei || naga-i
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| || river || ka || kawa
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| || fluid || eki
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| || mix || kon || ma-zaru
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| || decrease || gen || he-ru
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| || fathom || soku || haka-ru
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| || standard || jun
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| || perform || en
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| || undefiled || ketsu || isagiyo-i
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| || disaster || sai || wazawa-i
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| || burn || nen || mo-eru
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| || printing block || han
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| || crime || han || oka-su
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| || form || jō
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| || alone || doku || hito-ri
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| || rate || ritsu or sotsu || hiki-iru
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| || appear || gen || arawa-reru
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| || detain || ryū ru || todo-maru
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| || abbreviation || ryaku
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| || benefit || eki
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| || eyeball || gan || me
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| || rend || ha || yabu-ru
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| || certain || kaku || tashi-ka
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| || indicate || shi || shime-su
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| || ancestor || so
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| || prohibition || kin
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| || shift || i || utsu-ru
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| || extent || tei || hodo
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| || tax || zei
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| || fabricate || chiku || kizu-ku
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| || refined || sei
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| || elementary || su or so || moto
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| || manage || kei or kyō || he-ru
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| || unite || tō || su-beru
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| || discontinue || zetsu || ta-tsu
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| || cotton || men || wata
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| || whole || sō
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| || compile || hen || a-mu
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| || exploits || seki
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| || weave || shiki || o-ru
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| || guilt || zai || tsumi
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| || flock || gun || mu-reru
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| || righteousness || gi
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| || till || kō || tagaya-su
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| || fertilizer || hi || ko-yasu
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| || ability || nō
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| || entertain || kyō || oko-su
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| || tongue || zetsu || shita
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| || cottage || sha
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| || defense || ei
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| || manufacture || sei
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| || duplicate || fuku
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| || rule || ki
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| || untie || ge or kai || to-ku
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| || establish || setsu || mouke-ru
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| || permit || kyo || yuru-su
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| || evidence || shō || akashi
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| || evaluate || hyō
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| || lecture || kō
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| || apologize || sha || ayama-ru
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| || discriminating || shiki
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  row   
 hei  
|  riot   
 ran  
|  milk   
 nyū  
|  deceased   
 bō  
|  kindness   
|  offer   
 kyō or ku  
|  actor   
|  value   
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|  wound   
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|  superior   
 yū  
|  political party   
|  counter for books   
|  dispose   
|  engrave   
 koku  
|  divide   
 katsu  
|  create   
 sō  
|  drama   
|  diligence   
 kin  
|  dangerous   
 ki  
|  egg   
 ran  
|  strict   
 gen  
|  take in   
 shū  
|  queen   
 gō  
|  negate   
 hi  
|  suck   
 kyū  
|  call   
 ko  
|  good   
 zen  
|  become distressed   
 kon  
|  droop   
 sui  
|  castle   
 jō  
|  range   
|  play music   
 sō  
|  stirred up   
 hun  
|  shape   
 shi  
|  suppose   
|  filial piety   
|  home   
 taku  
|  eaves   
|  religion   
 shū  
|  mid-air   
|  treasure   
 hō  
|  proclaim   
 sen  
|  secrecy   
|  measurement   
|  specialty   
 sen  
|  shoot   
 sha  
|  leader   
|  revered   
 son  
|  concerning   
 shū  
|  measure of length   
|  deliver   
  
|  expand   
|  stratum   
|  self   
 ko  
|  scroll   
 kan  
|  curtain   
|  dry   
 kan  
|  infancy   
 yō  
|  government office   
|  sit   
 za  
|  prolong   
 en  
|  rhythm   
|  obey   
 jū  
|  forget   
 bō  
|  loyalty   
|  constitution   
|  ego   
 ga  
|  criticism   
|  shouldering   
 tan  
|  worship   
 hai  
|  broaden   
 kaku  
|  throw away   
 sha  
|  grope   
 tan  
|  infer   
|  command   
|  maneuver   
 sō  
|  respect   
 kei  
|  reflect   
 ei  
|  nightfall   
|  warmth   
 dan  
|  livelihood   
 bo  
|  melodious   
 rō  
|  desk   
 ki  
|  sheet of...   
|  dye   
 sen  
|  stocks   
|  rod   
|  imitation   
|  rights   
|  trees   
 ju  
|  longing   
 yoku  
|  steps   
|  run alongside   
 en  
|  fountain   
 sen  
|  wash   
 sen  
|  sect   
|  settle   
 sai  
|  origin   
 gen  
|  tide   
 chō  
|  violent   
 geki  
|  ashes   
 kai  
|  ripen   
 juku  
|  one-sided   
 hen  
|  group   
|  uncommon   
 i  
|  doubt   
 gi  
|  pain   
 tsū  
|  emperor   
 kō  
|  prosper   
 sei  
|  alliance   
|  watch over   
|  sand   
 sa or sha  
|  magnet   
|  me   
 shi  
|  secret   
|  cereal   
|  hole   
 ketsu  
|  window   
 sō  
|  muscle   
 kin  
|  scheme   
|  simplicity   
|  sugar   
|  lineage   
|  deep red   
 kō  
|  settlement   
 nō  
|  genuine   
|  silk   
 ken  
|  vertical   
 ju  
|  shrink   
 shuku  
|  government office   
|  the following   
|  holy   
|  lung   
|  back   
 hai  
|  bosom   
 kyō  
|  brain   
|  abdomen   
 fuku  
|  entrails   
|  lookover   
 rin  
|  climax   
 shi  
|  young   
 jaku  
|  renowned   
 cho  
|  steam   
 jō  
|  warehouse   
 zō  
|  silkworm   
 san  
|  masses   
|  judge   
 sai  
|  attire   
 sō or shō  
|  back   
 ri  
|  supplement   
 ho  
|  look at   
 shi  
|  perusal   
|  chastise   
 tō  
|  visit   
 hō  
|  translate   
 yaku  
|  poetry   
 shi  
|  document   
|  recognize   
 nin  
|  born   
|  sincerity   
 sei  
|  mistake   
 go  
|  theory   
|  everything   
 sho  
|  guard against   
|  precious   
|  fare   
|  bequeath   
|  mail   
|  home town   
 kyō  
|  needle   
 shin  
|  steel   
 kō  
|  closed   
 hei  
|  tall   
|  descend   
 kō  
|  majesty   
|  exclude   
 jo or ji  
|  hurt   
 shō  
|  difficult   
 nan  
|  leather   
 kaku  
|  place on the head   
 chō  
|  bone   
 kotsu  
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Kanji
Kanji  are the adopted logographic Chinese characters hanzi that are used in the modern Japanese writing system along with hiragana , katakana , Indo Arabic numerals, and the occasional use of the Latin alphabet...
and associated readings developed and maintained by the Japanese Ministry of Education
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan)
The , also known as MEXT or Monkashō, is one of the ministries of the Japanese government.The Meiji government created the first Ministry of Education in 1871....
that prescribes which kanji, and which readings of kanji, Japanese schoolchildren should learn for each year of primary school. Although the list is designed for Japanese children, it can also be used as a sequence of learning characters by non-native speakers as a means of focusing on the most commonly used kanji.
Kyōiku kanji is a subset of Jōyō kanji
Joyo kanji
The  is the guide to kanji characters announced officially by the Japanese Ministry of Education. Current jōyō kanji are those on a list of 2,136 characters issued in 2010...
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Versions of kyōiku list

- 1946 created with 881 characters
- 1977 expanded to 996 characters
- 1982 expanded to 1,006 characters
The list by grade
Note 1: Many kanji have complex meanings and nuances, or express concepts not found in the English language. In those cases, the English meanings mentioned here constitute approximations at best.Note 2: In the Kun readings, readings after - (hyphen) are Okurigana
Okurigana
are kana suffixes following kanji stems in Japanese written words. They serve two purposes: to inflect adjectives and verbs, and to disambiguate kanji with multiple readings...
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Fifth grade (185 kanji)
{| class="wikitable"| Kanji || Meaning || On || Kun
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| || long time || kyū || hisa
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| || Buddha || hutsu or butsu || hotoke
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| || sham || ka or ke || kari
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| || affair || ken
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| || responsibility || nin || maka-seru
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| || becoming || ji || ni-ru
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| || too much || yo || ama-ru
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| || value || ka || atai
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| || preserve || ho || tamo-tsu
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| || discipline || shū || osa-meru
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| || straw bag || hyō || tawara
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| || individual || ko
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| || provide || bi || sona-eru
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| || statue || zō
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| || again || sai or sa || futata-bi
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| || publish || kan
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| || judge || han || waka-ru
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| || control || sei
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| || ticket || ken
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| || rule || soku || notto-ru
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| || effect || kō || ki-ku
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| || duty || mu || tsuto-meru
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| || power || sei || ikio-i
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| || thick || kō || atsu-i
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| || phrase || ku
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| || possible || ka
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| || manage || ei || itona-mu
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| || cause || in || yo-ru
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| || group || dan or ton
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| || pressure || atsu
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| || exist || zai || a-ru
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| || level || kin
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| || foundation || ki || moto-duku
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| || report || hō || muku-iru
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| || boundary || kyō || sakai
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| || grave || bo || haka
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| || increase || zō || ma-su or fu-eru
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| || dream || mu || yume
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| || wife || sai || tsuma
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| || lady || fu
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| || contain || yō
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| || approach || ki || yo-ru
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| || rich || fu || tomi
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| || guide || dō || michibi-ku
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| || reside || kyo || i-ru
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| || belong || zoku
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| || linen || fu || nuno
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| || expert || shi
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| || normal || jō || tsune
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| || tree-trunk || kan || miki
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| || preface || jo
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| || valve || ben
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| || stretch || chō || ha-ru
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| || journey || ō
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| || repeating || fuku
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| || virtue || toku
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| || intention || shi || kokorozashi
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| || respond || ō
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| || cheerful || kai || kokoroyo-i
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| || gender || sei or shō || saga
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| || grace || on
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| || feelings || jō || nasa-ke
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| || condition || tai
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| || accustomed || kan || na-reru
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| || acquiesce || shō || uketamawa-ru
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| || skill || gi || waza
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| || beckon || shō || mane-ku
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| || instruct || ju || sazu-keru
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| || pick || sai || to-ru
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| || contact || setsu || ses-suru or tsu-gu
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| || present || tei || sa-geru
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| || loss || son || soko-neru
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| || branch || shi || sasa-eru
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| || politics || sei || matsurigoto
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| || circumstances || ko || yue
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| || enemy || teki || kataki
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| || cut off || dan || ta-tsu or kotowa-ru
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| || old times || kyū
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| || easy || eki || yasa-shii
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| || outburst || bō || aba-ku
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| || clause || jō
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| || branch || shi || eda
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| || investigate || sa
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| || status || kaku
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| || cherry || ō || sakura
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| || examine || ken
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| || construct || kō || kama-eru
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| || military || bu or mu
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| || compare || hi || kura-beru
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| || eternity || ei || naga-i
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| || river || ka || kawa
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| || fluid || eki
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| || mix || kon || ma-zaru
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| || decrease || gen || he-ru
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| || fathom || soku || haka-ru
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| || standard || jun
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| || perform || en
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| || undefiled || ketsu || isagiyo-i
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| || disaster || sai || wazawa-i
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| || burn || nen || mo-eru
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| || printing block || han
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| || crime || han || oka-su
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| || form || jō
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| || alone || doku || hito-ri
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| || rate || ritsu or sotsu || hiki-iru
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| || appear || gen || arawa-reru
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| || detain || ryū ru || todo-maru
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| || abbreviation || ryaku
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| || benefit || eki
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| || eyeball || gan || me
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| || rend || ha || yabu-ru
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| || ancestor || so
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| || shift || i || utsu-ru
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| || extent || tei || hodo
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| || refined || sei
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| || elementary || su or so || moto
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| || manage || kei or kyō || he-ru
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| || unite || tō || su-beru
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| || discontinue || zetsu || ta-tsu
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| || whole || sō
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| || compile || hen || a-mu
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| || exploits || seki
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| || weave || shiki || o-ru
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| || flock || gun || mu-reru
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| || righteousness || gi
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| || till || kō || tagaya-su
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| || employment || shoku
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| || fertilizer || hi || ko-yasu
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| || ability || nō
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| || entertain || kyō || oko-su
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| || tongue || zetsu || shita
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| || cottage || sha
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| || art || jutsu || sube
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| || defense || ei
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| || manufacture || sei
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| || duplicate || fuku
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| || rule || ki
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| || untie || ge or kai || to-ku
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| || establish || setsu || mouke-ru
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| || permit || kyo || yuru-su
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| || evidence || shō || akashi
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| || evaluate || hyō
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| || lecture || kō
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| || apologize || sha || ayama-ru
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| || discriminating || shiki
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| || safeguard || go || mamo-ru
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| || bountiful || hō || yuta-ka
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| || wealth || zai
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| || poor || hin || mazushi-i
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| || blame || seki || se-meru
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| || lend || tai || ka-su
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| || congratulations || ga
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| || resources || shi
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| || approve || san
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| || quality || shitsu
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| || mention || jutsu || no-beru
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| || retreat || tai || shirizo-ku
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| || create || zō || tsuku-ru
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| || go beyond || ka || ayama-chi
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| || suitable || teki
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| || copper || dō
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| || prevent || bō || fuse-gu
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