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常任委員会: [じょうにんいいんかい]standing committee
航空自衛隊: [こうくうじえいたい] Air Self-Defense Force
雨降り: [あめふり]in the rain
復興: [ふっこう]revival; renaissance; reconstruction
紋切り型: [もんきりがた]fixed formula
承知: [しょうち]consent; acceptance; assent; admitting; acknowledgment; compliance; agreement; awareness
採点: [さいてん]marking; grading; looking over [K] [D]
陸上競技: [りくじょうきょうぎ]track-and-field events
寒暖計: [かんだんけい]thermometer
食品添加物: [しょくひんてんかぶつ]food additive
ブラウン管: [ブラウンかん]cathode-ray tube
響めく: [どよめく]to resound; to make a stir
瀬戸際: [せとぎわ]brink; critical moment [K] [D]
横文字: [よこもじ]European writing; cross-wise writing
手際良く: [てぎわよく]efficiently; skillfully; cleverly [K] [D]
探険: [たんけん]exploration; expedition
殺菌: [さっきん]sterilization; disinfection
美辞麗句: [びじれいく]flowery words; rhetorical flourishes
黒衣: [こくい] black clothes
将棋倒し: [しょうぎだおし]falling one after another
競り合い: [せりあい]competition
大時代: [おおじだい]old-fashioned; antiquated; anachronistic
勘案: [かんあん]taking into consideration; giving consideration (to); thinking
凝り性: [こりしょう]fastidiousness; enthusiasm for one thing
漁る: [あさる]to fish for; to look for
お歳暮: [おせいぼ]end of the year; year-end present
養蚕: [ようさん]sericulture; silkworm culture
反響: [はんきょう]echo; reverberation; repercussion; reaction; influence
仰天: [ぎょうてん]being amazed; being horrified; being taken aback
遺恨: [いこん]grudge; ill will; enmity
最恵国: [さいけいこく]n) most favored nation
公安委員会: [こうあんいいんかい](n) public safety commission
君臨: [くんりん]reign; control; (to) dictate
裁定: [さいてい] decision; ruling; award; arbitration
利己主義: [りこしゅぎ]egoism; selfishness
簡潔: [かんけつ]brevity; conciseness; simplicity [K] [D]
草履: [ぞうり]zoori (Japanese footwear); sandals
苦肉の策: [くにくのさく]last resort; desperate measure taken under pressure of necessity
橋渡し: [はしわたし]"bridge building"; mediation
罪人: [ざいにん]criminal
新陳代謝: [しんちんたいしゃ]renewal; replacement; metabolism
倉敷: [くらしき]storage charges
風紀: [ふうき]public morals
執行委員: [しっこういいん]executive committee
横柄: [おうへい]arrogance; haughtiness; insolence
報奨金: [ほうしょうきん]cash bonus; reward
苦笑い: [にがわらい]bitter smile
冬季: [とうき](season of) winter
窓際: [まどぎわ](at the) window
乗降: [じょうこう]getting on and off
悲哀: [ひあい]sorrow; grief; sadness
経済封鎖: [けいざいふうさ]economic blockade; embargo
究極: [きゅうきょく]ultimate; final; eventual
妙案: [みょうあん]ingenious idea; excellent plan; bright idea [K] [D]
鋳型: [いがた]mold; template
蔓延る: [はびこる]to spread; to run rampant; to grow thick; to become powerful
簡易保険: [かんいほけん]postal life insurance
葬祭: [そうさい]funerals and ceremonial occasions
桐: [きり]paulownia tree
委縮: [いしゅく] withering; atrophy; contraction; dwarf
代議士: [だいぎし]parliamentarian; member of a congress
漫才: [まんざい]comedian; comic dialogue
千歳: [ちとせ]millennium; one thousand years
異口同音: [いくどうおん]in concert; with one voice; unanimously
採る: [とる]to adopt (measure, proposal);
迎合: [げいごう](n) flattery; ingratiation
後遺症: [こういしょう]prognostic symptoms; after-effect
冠婚葬祭: [かんこんそうさい]important ceremonial occasions in family relationships
裁つ: [たつ]to cut (cloth) [K] [D]
公害: [こうがい]public nuisance; pollution
凸版印刷: [とっぱんいんさつ]letterpress; relief printing
謹賀新年: [きんがしんねん]Happy New Year!
接待: [せったい](1) reception; welcome; serving (food); (2) business entertainment
選手村: [せんしゅむら]athlete's village (during Olympics)
横線: [おうせん]horizontal line;
佳作: [かさく]good piece of work
細やか: [ささやか]meagre; modest
興信所: [こうしんじょ]detective agency
競艇: [きょうてい]boat race
唱歌: [しょうか]singing; songs
稲作: [いなさく]rice crop
試金石: [しきんせき]touchstone; test case
均一: [きんいつ](adj-na,n) uniformity; equality
横暴: [おうぼう] violence; oppression
去来: [きょらい]coming and going
歳入: [さいにゅう]annual revenue or income
民族自決: [みんぞくじけつ]self-determination of peoples
凝縮: [ぎょうしゅく]condensation
群島: [ぐんとう]island group; archipelago
斤量: [きんりょう]weight
暖簾: [のれん](short) sign curtain hung at shop entrance; reputation (of a store)
食管法: [しょっかんほう]law governing food quality
紅: [べに]deep red; crimson [K] [D]
砂丘: [さきゅう]sand dune; sand hill
消息筋: [しょうそくすじ]informed circles
雛祭: [ひなまつり]Girls' (dolls') Festival (March 3rd)
糾合: [きゅうごう](n) a rally; a muster
白衣: [はくい]white robe; (doctor's) white gown
時代錯誤: [じだいさくご]anachronism
東京証券取引所: [とうきょうしょうけんとりひきじょ]Tokyo Stock Exchange
妻子: [さいし]wife and children
衣替え: [ころもがえ](1) seasonal change of clothing; changing (one's) dress for the season
鏡台: [きょうだい](n) dresser
刑事事件: [けいじじけん]criminal case
誤植: [ごしょく](n) misprint
紅葉: [もみじ](Japanese) maple [K] [D]
延滞: [えんたい]delay; procrastination
財政難: [ざいせいなん](n) economic difficulties
潔く: [いさぎよく]bravely; manfully [K] [D]
消印: [けしいん]postmark; (postal) cancellation mark
後遺症: [こういしょう]prognostic symptoms; after-effect
漁場: [ぎょじょう]fishing grounds
再来年: [さらいねん]year after next
霜降り: [しもふり] frosting; grey; gray; salt and pepper colour
哀愁: [あいしゅう]pathos; sorrow; grief
紅梅: [こうばい]red-blossomed plum tree [K] [D]
零細: [れいさい]insignificant; trifling; paltry
宵: [よい] evening; early night hours
機動隊: [きどうたい]riot police
選奨: [せんしょう]recommendation
興行: [こうぎょう]entertainment industry; show business
越境: [えっきょう](n) border transgression
鉱石: [こうせき]ore; mineral; crystal
克己: [こっき]self denial; self control
穀倉: [こくそう]granary
散骨: [さんこつ]scattering of ashes
砂防: [さぼう]erosion control
前代未聞: [ぜんだいみもん]unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history; record-breaking
顕在: [けんざい]actual (as opposed to hidden or obscured); actualized
紅: [くれない]deep red; crimson [K] [D]
承る: [うけたまわる]to hear; to be told; to know
降板: [こうばん]leave the mound (baseball); knocked out
互い違い: [たがいちがい] alternate; alternation
即興: [そっきょう]improvisation; impromptu; off the cuff; without a score
砕石: [さいせき]broken stone; rubble
卵管: [らんかん]fallopian tube; oviduct
盲学校: [もうがっこう](n) school for the blind
追究: [ついきゅう]enquiry; investigation
代打: [だいだ]pinch-hitting
謹慎: [きんしん]penitence; discipline; house arrest [K] [D]
公認会計士: [こうにんかいけいし]certified public accountant
遅刻: [ちこく]lateness; late coming
己: [おのれ] oneself; (insulting) you
喜怒哀楽: [きどあいらく]human emotions (joy, anger, pathos, and humor)
上機嫌: [じょうきげん]good humor
着衣: [ちゃくい] one's clothes
胡座: [あぐら](n) sit cross-legged (i.e., Indian style)
筆記用具: [ひっきようぐ]copying equipment
座敷: [ざしき](n) tatami room
陸橋: [りっきょう]overland bridge; viaduct; overhead bridge; overpass
交響曲: [こうきょうきょく]symphony
土俵際: [どひょうぎわ]the edge of a sumo ring; the edge or verge
慰霊祭: [いれいさい]memorial service
祭壇: [さいだん]altar
凝視: [ぎょうし]stare; gaze; fixation
空き巣: [あきす]prowler; sneak thief; cat burglar; (2) empty nest
際立つ: [きわだつ]to be prominent; to be conspicuous
筋道: [すじみち](n) reason; logic; thread; method; system
興隆: [こうりゅう]rise; prosperity
青白い: [あおじろい]pale; pallid
季語: [きご]seasonal word (in haiku)
横断幕: [おうだんまく]banner strung across a street
知己: [ちき](n) acquaintance; appreciative friend
飼育: [しいく]breeding; raising; rearing
穀倉: [こくそう]granary
育む: [はぐくむ]to raise; to rear; to bring up
区々: [まちまち](1) several; various
佳境: [かきょう](n) climax (story)
磁石: [じしゃく]magnet
採炭: [さいたん]coal mining [K] [D]
眼鏡: [めがね](n) spectacles; glasses
交易: [こうえき]trade; commerce
公聴会: [こうちょうかい]public hearing
遅延: [ちえん]delay; be delayed
皇后: [こうごう](Japanese) empress; queen
人違い: [ひとちがい]mistaking one person for another
暁: [あかつき]dawn; daybreak; in the event of
人妻: [ひとづま](1) married woman; (2) another's wife
違憲: [いけん]unconstitutionality
紀元: [きげん]era
正座: [せいざ] sitting correctly (Japanese-style); sitting (or squatting) straight
異口同音: [いくどうおん]in concert; with one voice; unanimously
名案: [めいあん]good idea
交響楽: [こうきょうがく]symphony (orchestra)
管制官: [かんせいかん]controller (usually air-traffic)
稲妻: [いなずま](flash of) lightning
潔白: [けっぱく]innocence (i.e. not guilty); purity; uprightness [K] [D]
秀才: [しゅうさい]prodigy
間際: [まぎわ]on the verge of; just before
末広: [すえひろ]folding fan
句読点: [くとうてん]punctuation marks [K] [D]
可哀相: [かわいそう]poor; pitiable; pathetic
寝具: [しんぐ]bedding
蚕糸: [さんし]silk thread; silk yarn
不均衡: [ふきんこう](adj-na,n) imbalance; disparity; out of balance; inequality
探究: [たんきゅう]search; research; enquiry
顕微鏡: [けんびきょう]microscope
究明: [きゅうめい]investigation (esp. in academic and scientific contexts)
潔癖: [けっぺき]fastidiousness; love of cleanliness
除去: [じょきょ]removal; getting rid of
八千代: [やちよ]eternity; thousands of years
錦: [にしき]brocade
刻一刻: [こくいっこく]moment by moment; hour by hour
連れ去る: [つれさる]to take away
近代詩: [きんだいし]modern poetry; modern-style poetry
頭骨: [とうこつ]skull
使用済み: [しようずみ]second-hand; no longer used
小道具: [こどうぐ]props; (stage) properties; gadgets
歩道橋: [ほどうきょう]pedestrian bridge
衣: [ころも] clothes
拡声機: [かくせいき]megaphone
豊漁: [ほうりょう]good catch; good haul
細か: [こまか]small; fine; detailed; stingy
後妻: [ごさい]second wife
無形文化財: [むけいぶんかざい]intangible cultural asset
委嘱: [いしょく]entrusting (with)
愚連隊: [ぐれんたい]gang of young toughs
青ざめる: [あおざめる]to become pale
専守防衛: [せんしゅぼうえい]a nonaggressive defense (policy)
古巣: [ふるす]old haunts; former homes [K] [D]
羽衣: [はごろも]angel's raiment
桟橋: [さんばし]wharf; bridge; jetty; pier
橋脚: [きょうきゃく]bridge pier; pontoon bridge
認め印: [みとめいん]unregistered (informal) seal; a signet (ring)
更衣室: [こういしつ]locker room; changing room; dressing room
昨今: [さっこん]nowadays; recently
委ねる: [ゆだねる]to entrust to; to devote oneself to
慎重: [しんちょう] discretion; prudence
住宅金融公庫: [じゅうたくきんゆうこうこ]Housing Loan Corporation
国際連合: [こくさいれんごう]United Nations
寒村: [かんそん]deserted village; poor village
紅潮: [こうちょう]flush; blush [K] [D]
架橋: [かきょう]bridge building; cross-linking
骸骨: [がいこつ]skeleton
公取委: [こうとりい]Fair Trade Commission
細々: [ほそぼそ]very narrow; poor
手探り: [てさぐり]fumbling; groping
去就: [きょしゅう]committing one's self
近衛: [このえ]Imperial Guards
立案: [りつあん]draft; (rough) design
鉱区: [こうく]mining area; mine lot
巣立ち: [すだち] leaving the nest; becoming independent
哀悼: [あいとう]condolence; regret; sorrow; sympathy; lament
異口同音: [いくどうおん]in concert; with one voice; unanimously
眼鏡: [がんきょう](n) spectacles; glasses
背筋: [はいきん]the muscles along the spine;
護送: [ごそう] convoy
隠語: [いんご]secret language; jargon; cant; (2) humbug
米倉: [こめぐら]rice granary
奪三振: [だつさんしん]striking a batter out
鬼才: [きさい]wizard; genius; great talent
採録: [さいろく]recording; transcription [K] [D]
骨牌: [かるた]playing cards
核融合: [かくゆうごう](n) nuclear fusion
公益法人: [こうえきほうじん]legal person working for the public weal
人権擁護: [じんけんようご]protection of human rights
蚕: [かいこ]silkworm
筋違い: [すじちがい](adj-na,n) cramp; sprain; illogical; intersection
鉄鋼: [てっこう]iron and steel
議事堂: [ぎじどう]Diet building
育英: [いくえい]education
材木: [ざいもく]lumber; timber
卵巣: [らんそう]ovary
場違い: [ばちがい] out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb
遺影: [いえい]portrait of deceased person
探訪: [たんぼう]searching; hunting for news story; journalist
中産階級: [ちゅうさんかいきゅう]middle class; bourgeoisie
双眼鏡: [そうがんきょう](n) binoculars; field glasses
滑降: [かっこう]descent (in skiing)
興業: [こうぎょう]industrial enterprise
昇級: [しょうきゅう]promotion; advancement
横行: [おうこう]walking sideways; staggering; striding
菠薐草: [ほうれんそう]spinach
翻案: [ほんあん]adaptation (of story, text)
横領: [おうりょう]usurpation; embezzlement; misappropriation
号泣: [ごうきゅう] crying aloud; lamentation; wailing
水際: [みずぎわ]beach; water's edge [K] [D]
時代錯誤: [じだいさくご]anachronism
降雪: [こうせつ]snowfall; snow
刻々: [こくこく]moment by moment; hour by hour
飛び交う: [とびかう]to fly about; to flutter about
絶句: [ぜっく]become speechless [K] [D]
均整: [きんせい](n) symmetry; balance
未解決: [みかいけつ](adj-na,n) unsettled; pending; unresolved
均質: [きんしつ](adj-na,n) homogeneous; homogeneity
先進国 [せんしんこく]: advanced (developed) country; advanced nations
潔い: [いさぎよい]manly; sportsmanlike; pure; upright [K] [D]
謹む: [つつしむ]to be careful; to be chaste or discreet; to abstain or refrain
鉄橋: [てっきょう]railway bridge; iron bridge
最盛期: [さいせいき](n) golden age; best time for
艦隊: [かんたい](naval) fleet; armada
苦い: [にがい]bitter
競泳: [きょうえい]swimming race
投降: [とうこう] surrender
除草: [じょそう]weeding
仰っしゃる: [おっしゃる]to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
凝固: [ぎょうこ]coagulation; freezing; solidification
境内: [けいだい]compound; grounds
驚異: [きょうい]wonder; miracle
境目: [さかいめ]border; boundary line; crisis
群がる: [むらがる]to swarm; to gather
相関関係: [そうかんかんけい]correlation
興す: [おこす]to revive; to retrieve (fortunes); to raise up
公正取引委員会: [こうせいとりひきいいんかい]Fair Trade Commission
裁く: [さばく]to judge
逆境: [ぎゃっきょう]adversity
管弦楽団: [かんげんがくだん]orchestra
節句: [せっく]seasonal festival [K] [D]
保育: [ほいく]nursing; nurturing; rearing; lactation; suckling
石棺: [せっかん]sarcophagus; stone coffin
脱衣: [だつい]undressing; taking off one's clothes
備考: [びこう]note; remarks
粗鋼: [そこう]crude steel
自己資本: [じこしほん]net worth; owned capital
快挙: [かいきょ]brilliant achievement
逝去: [せいきょ]death
筋違い: [すじちがい]cramp; sprain; illogical; intersection
浴衣: [ゆかた]bathrobe; informal summer kimono; yukata
普通選挙: [ふつうせんきょ]universal suffrage
干し草を付けた馬: [ほしくさをつけたうま]horse loaded with hay
降雨: [こうう]rainfall; rain
困り果てる: [こまりはてる]to be greatly perplexed; to be greatly embarrassed
推奨: [すいしょう]praise; recommendation
拡大均衡: [かくだいきんこう]an expanded or expanding equilibrium
甲高い: [かんだかい]high-pitched; shrill
伐採: [ばっさい]lumbering; felling; deforestation [K] [D]
骨髄: [こつずい]marrow; true spirit
養育: [よういく]bringing up; rearing; upbringing
裁決: [さいけつ]decision; ruling; judgement [K] [D]
被保険者: [ひほけんしゃ]insured person
皇太后: [こうたいこう]Queen Mother; Empress Dowager
脱衣所: [だついじょ] dressing room; bath house
凝った: [こった]elaborate; exquisite; tasty; refined; artistic
万歳: [ばんざい]hurrah; long life; congratulations; cheers
在野: [ざいや]out of office
船橋: [せんきょう](1) bridge (of a ship); (2) pontoon bridge;
検挙: [けんきょ]arrest; roundup
親不孝: [おやふこう]lack of filial piety
利害関係: [りがいかんけい]interests
強行採決: [きょうこうさいけつ]steamroller voting; steamrollering [K] [D]
苦境: [くきょう]trouble; crisis; predicament
管制塔: [かんせいとう]control tower
在りし日: [ありしひ]days of yore; the olden days; (2) during one's lifetime
親孝行: [おやこうこう]filial piety
暖流: [だんりゅう]warm current
試行錯誤: [しこうさくご](n,vs) trial and error [K] [D]
採掘: [さいくつ]mining [K] [D]
唱える: [となえる]to recite; to chant; to call upon
繰り延べ: [くりのべ]postponement
特攻隊: [とっこうたい]suicide squad
暁星: [ぎょうせい]morning star; Venus; rarity
衣食住: [いしょくじゅう]necessities of life (food, clothing, etc.)
学究: [がっきゅう]scholar; student
慎む: [つつしむ]to be careful; to be chaste or discreet; to abstain or refrain
掌握: [しょうあく]grasping; seizing; holding
振幅: [しんぷく]amplitude (of vibration); swing of pendulum
機関銃: [きかんじゅう]machine gun
哀れ: [あわれ]helpless; pathos; pity; sorrow; grief; misery; compassion
鋼: [はがね]steel
謹慎: [きんしん]penitence; discipline; house arrest
石灰: [せっかい]lime;
土橋: [どばし]an earthen bridge

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