This site contains articles on current affairs, Australian history, Austalian culture and selected issues from around the world

Level 1 Jukugo (Part 1)

1 – 阿闍梨 – azari – high monk (esp. one of correct conduct who acts as a role model for his pupils)

2 – 鴉片 – ahen – opium

3 – 晏如 – anjyo – calm, tranquil

4 – 按排 – anbai – to deal with

5 – 閾下 – ikika – subliminal

6 – 畏懼 – iku – awe

7 – 縊死 – ishi -suicide by hanging

8 – 頤使 – ishi – bossing someone around

9 – 倚藉 – isha – rely or depend on

10 – 囲繞 – ijyou – surrounding, enclosure

11 – 一朶 – ishida – a cluster (of flowers)

12 – 一縷 – ichiru – a thread of connection

13 – 逸事 – itsuji – an anecdote

14 – 軼事 – itsuji – an anecdote

15 – 逸民 – itsumin – a recluse

16 – 夷俘 – ifu – Emishi allied with the central government (ritsuryō period)

17 – 韋編 – ihen – a leather cord

18 – 殷鑑 – inkan – past example serving as a warning

19 – 慇懃 – ingin – courteous

20 – 殷賑 – inshin – prosperity

21 – 隕石 – inseki – meteorite

22 – 印相 – inso – a hand mudra

23 – 隠遁 – inton – retirement from the world, seclusion

24 – 淫靡 – inbi – lewd

25 – 恁麼 – inmo – this sort, this way

26 – 茴香 – uikyou – fennel

27 – 迂回 – ukai – detour

28 – 迂闊 – ukatsu – careless

29 – 齲歯 – ushi – a decayed tooth

30 – 迂叟 – usou – my humble self

31 – 蘊奥 – unnou – inner mysteries

32 – 繧繝 – ungen – method of dyeing in which a color repeatedly goes from dense to diffuse, diffuse to dense; used in Buddhist pictures, temple ornaments, etc., during the Nara and Heian periods

33 – 蕓薹 – undai – rape seed oil plant

34 – 蘊蓄 – unchiku -extensive knowledge

35 – 盈虧 – eiki – waxing and waning

36 – 衛戍 – eijyu – garrison

37 – 穎脱 – eidatsu – rising above one’s fellows

38 – 英邁 – eimai – wise and great

39 – 贏余 – eiyo – remainder

40 – 易簀 – ekisaku – death of a scholar

41 – 奕世 – ekisei – many generations

42 – 粤語 – etsugo – Catonese language

43 – 穢土 – edo – this impure land (opposite to Pure Land), feces

44 – 閹官 – enkan – eunuch

45 – 偃臥 – enga – lying face down

46 – 婉曲 – enkyoku – euphemistic

47 – 偃月 – engetsu – crescent moon

48 – 怨嗟 – ensa – deeply held resentment

49 – 鉛槧 – enzan – writing literature

50 – 衍字 – enji – a character added by mistake

51 – 臙脂 – enji – a dark-red pigment, rouge

52 – 遠陬 – ensuu – land distant from the capital

53 – 婉然 – enzen – graceful

54 – 宛転 – enten – eloquent

55 – 偃武 – enbu -armistice

56 – 汚穢 – oai – night soil

57 – 汪溢 – ouitsu – overflowing, inundation

58 – 謳歌 – ouka – singing praises

59 – 甌穴 – ouketsu – a type of disruption in the surface of a roadway where a portion of the road material has broken away, leaving a hole.

60 – 鏖殺 – ousatsu – massacre, extermination

61 – 鞅掌 – oushou – being busy with

62 – 鏖戦 – ousen – fierce battle

63 – 汪然 – ouzen – vigorously flowing (tears)

64 – 黄疸 – oudan – jaundice

65 – 王道 – oudou – righteous government, orthodox way

66 – 黄檗 – oubaku – the Obaku school of Zen Buddhism

67 – 王法 – ouhou – royal decree

68 – 烏滸 – oko – an absurdity

69 – 淤泥 – odei – sludge, a hopeless situation

70 – 囮捜査 – otori sousa – a sting operation

71 – 恩讐 – onshuu – love and hate

72 – 魁偉 – kaii – brawny, muscular

73 – 快豁 – kaikatsu – cheerful

74 – 諧謔 – kaigyaku – joke, jest, banter

75 – 改悟 – kaigo – reform

76 – 開悟 – kaigo – wisdom, enlightenment

77 – 開鑿 – kaisaku – excavation

78 – 改竄 – kaizan – falsification, faking

79 – 膾炙 – kaisha – becoming common knowledge

80 – 灰燼 – kaijin – ash, embers, complete destruction

81 – 塊然 – kaizen – isolated, immobile

82 – 戒飭 – kaichoku – admonishment, warning

83 – 開闢 – kaibyaku – beginning of the world, creation

84 – 恢復 – kaifuku – recovery

85 – 怪夢 – kaimu – strange dream

86 – 懐孕 – kaiyou – pregnancy, conception

87 – 傀儡 – kairai – puppet, puppeteer, prostitute

88 – 偕楽 – kairaku – enjoying oneself with others

89 – 解纜 – kairan – weighing anchor

90 – 乖離 – kairi – deviation, detachment

91 – 瑰麗 – kairei – very beautiful

92 – 薤露 – kairo – ephemeral nature of the human world; transience of life; dew on onion leaves (i.e. tears that mourn a death)

93 – 偕老 – kairou – growing old together

94 – 訛音 – kaon – accent

95 – 瑕釁 – kakin – a scratch, a flaw

96 – 赫奕 – kakueki – brilliant

97 – 擱座 – kaukza – to run aground, be put out of action

98 – 矍鑠 – kakushaku – vigorous (in old age)

99 – 馘首 – kakushu – dismissal, beheading

100 – 格闘 – kakutou – struggling, grappling

Leave a comment