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Level 1 Jukugo (Part 11)

1 – 天籟 – tenrai – sound of wind, beautiful poetry

2 – 泥鏝 – deiman – plastering trowel

3 – 伝誦 – denshou – tradition

4 – 臀部 – denbu – buttocks

5 – 癜風 – denpuu – tinea

6 – 電纜 – denran = power cable

7 – 偸安 – touan – snatching a moment of rest

8 – 東瀛 – touei – the pacific side of Japan

9 – 棹歌 – touka – boatmen’s song

10 – 韜晦 – toukai – concealing one’s talents

11 – 搗臼 – toukyuu / tsukiusu – mortar (for pounding rice)

12 – 東魏 – tougi – Eastern Wei dynasty (of China; 534-550)

13 – 橈骨 – toukotsu – radius bone

14 – 蹈襲 – toushuu – following a precedent, former policy, etc.

15 – 島嶼 – tosho – islands

16 – 搗精 – tousei – rice polishing

17 – 凍瘡 – tousou – frostbite

18 – 凍餒 – toutai / toudai – privation

19 – 疼痛 – toutsuu – throbbing pain

20 – 投擲 – touteki – throw

21 – 饕餮 – toutetsu – taotie (Chinese mythological creature commonly represented as a motif on ritual bronzes from the Shang and Zhou dynasties), covetousness

22 – 登攀 – touhan – scaling

23 – 棟梁 – touryou – leader, beams and ridge support a roof

24 – 頭顱 – touro – head, skull

25 – 屠牛 – togyuu – cattle slaughter (for food)

26 – 蠧魚 – togyo – Oriental silverfish, someone who is unable to apply what they have read

27 – 瀆職 – tokushoku – corruption (especially by a government employee), bribery​

28 – 犢鼻褌 – tokubikon – loincloth, wrestler’s ornamental apron

29 – 杜鵑 – token – lesser cuckoo

30 – 屠殺 – tosatsu – animal slaughter, butchery

31 – 屠者 – tosha – butcher

32 – 屠蘇 – toso – spiced sake (served for New Year)

33 – 兜率天 – tosotsuten – Tusita heaven (one of the six heavens of the desire realm)

34 – 吶喊 – tokkan – battle cry

35 – 突厥 – tokkutsu / tokketsu – Turkic confederation

36 – 突兀 – tokkotsu – soaring

37 – 訥弁 – totsuben – slowness of speech, awkwardness of speech

38 – 蠧毒 – todoku – insect damage

39 – 都鄙 – tohi – town and country

40 – 屠腹 – tofuku – harakiri

41 – 肚裏 – tori – in the heart

42 – 遯竄 – tonzan – fleeing into hiding

43 – 遯世 – tonei – monastic seclusion

44 – 敦樸 – tonboku – simple

45 – 獰悪 – douaku – cruel

46 – 恫喝 – doukatsu – intimidation

47 – 童丱 – doukan – child

48 – 動悸 – douki – palpitation

49 – 同衾 – doukin – sleeping together

50 – 慟哭 – doukoku – wailing

51 – 瞳子 – doushi – pupil (of eye)

52 – 瞠若 – doujyaku – staring in amazement

53 – 獰猛 – doumou – ferocious

54 – 瞠目 – doumoku – gaze at in wonderment

55 – 髑髏 – dokuro – skull (especially weather-beaten, used as symbol of death)

56 – 奴婢 – dohi – servant

57 – 銅鑼 – dora – gong

58 – 嫩芽 – donga – bud, sprout

59 – 緞子 – donsu – silk damask

60 – 緞帳 – donchou – thick curtain

61 – 嫩葉 – donyou – new leaves

62 – 内訌 – naikou – internal discord

63 – 内帑 – naido – ruler’s private property

64 – 喃語 – nango – lover’s whispers, babbling

65 – 南溟 – nanmei – the southern ocean

66 – 二豎 – nijyu – demon of ill health

67 – 入冦 – nyuukou – invasion

68 – 佞姦 – neikan – treacherous

69 – 佞者 – neisha – smooth talker, crafty person

70 – 佞臣 – neishin – crafty courtier, traitor

71 – 熱闘 – nettou / netsudou – fierce fighting

72 – 捏造 – netsuzou / detsuzou – fabrication, hoax

73 – 拈出 – nenshutsu – working out (plan)

74 – 念誦 – nenjyu – invocation

75 – 脳漿 – noushou – spinal fluid, cerebrospinal fluid, brains, intelligence

76 – 狼煙 – noroshi – smoke signal

77 – 徘徊 – haikai – wandering around

78 – 胚芽 – haiga – bud

79 – 拝跪 – haiki – kneeling down (to pray)

80 – 配偶 – haiguu – spouse, married couple

81 – 佩剣 – haiken – wearing a sword

82 – 癈疾 – haishitsu – disablement

83 – 胚珠 – haishu – ovule

84 – 敗衄 – haijiku – to be defeated

85 – 排泄 – haisetsu – excretion

86 – 沛然 =- haizen – torrential (rain)

87 – 胚胎 – haitai – germination, pregnancy

88 – 佩刀 – haitou – wearing a sword

89 – 悖徳 – haitoku – fall from virtue

90 – 佩用 – haiyou – wearing (an insignia, sword, etc.)​

91 – 覇王樹 – haoujyu – cactus

92 – 璞玉 – hakugyoku – unpolished and uncut gem

93 – 白瓷 – hakuji – white porcelain

94 – 白皙 – hakuseki – fair-skinned

95 – 爬行 – hakou – creeping, crawling

96 – 跛行 – hakou – unsteady progress, limp

97 – 発兌 – hatsuda – publication, printing

98 – 蹳剌 – hatsuratsu – lively

99 – 波濤 – hatou – surging sea

100 – 頗梨 – hari – quartz, glass

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