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Level 1 Jukugo (Part 12)

1 – 玻璃 – hari – quartz

2 – 瘢痕 – hankon – scar

3 – 飯盒 – hangou – mess kit

4 – 煩瑣 – hansa – troublesome, complicated

5 – 反芻 – hansuu – chewing cud, pondering

6 – 範疇 – hanchuu – category

7 – 半纏 – hanten – traditional short winter coat resembling a haori without gussets, mid-air, middle of the sky

Indigo-dyed hanten, 1900-1920, Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art

8 – 藩屏 – hanpei – fence, guarding wall

9 – 黴雨 – baiu – East Asian rainy season

10 – 焙焼 – baishou – roasting (metallurgy)

11 – 焙煎 – baisen – roasting (coffee)

12 – 陪冢 – baichou – satellite burial mound (Kofun period)

13 – 梅霖 – bairin – rainy season

14 – 馬銜 – hami – bit (for horse)

15 – 博奕 – bakueki – gambling

16 – 驀進 – bakushin – dash

17 – 瀑布 – bakufu – waterfall

諸國瀧廻リ 木曾海道小野ノ瀑布 – Ono Waterfall on the Kisokaidō from the series ‘A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces’ (Shokoku taki meguri), MET, Katsushika Hokusai

18 – 麦隴 – bakurou – field of grain

19 – 撥音 – bachioto – sound made by a plectrum

20 – 跋扈 – bakko – rampant, domination

21 – 跋渉 – basshou – wandering

22 – 抜萃 – bassui – extract, selection

23 – 末裔 – batsuei / matsuei – descendant

24 – 跋文 – batsubun – postscript

25 – 罵詈 – bari – abusive language

26 – 挽歌 – banka – funeral song

27 – 輓歌 – banka – funeral song

28 – 盤踞 – bankyo – putting down strong roots

29 – 蟠踞 – bankyou – settling in a coiled shape

30 – 輓近 – bankin – lately

31 – 鈑金 – bankin – metal plate, sheet metal

32 – 万斛 – bankoku – copious (tears)

33 – 絆創膏 – bansoukou – band-aid

34 – 万朶 – banda – many branches

35 – 輓馬 – banba – cart horse

36 – 緋縅 – hiodoshi – scarlet-threaded suit of armor

37 – 贔屓 – hiiki / hiki – favouritism, patron

38 – 裨益 – hiiki – benefit, profit, contribution

39 – 飛簷 – hien – upturned eaves, high roof

40 – 避諱 – hiki – avoiding using a name

41 – 誹譏 – hiki – defamation

42 – 丕基 – hiki – foundation of imperial rule

43 – 丕業 – higyou – a great undertaking

44 – 粃糠 – hikou – bran, husks

45 – 蜚語 – higo – baseless rumour

46 – 鄙語 – higo – vulgar word

47 – 菲才 – hisai – lack of ability

48 – 砒酸 – hisan – arsenic acid

49 – 脾腫 – hishu – enlarged spleen

50 – 飛翔 – hishou – flight

51 – 翡翠 – hisui – kingfisher

Common kingfisher in Japan. Photo – Tanizaki

52 – 砒石 – hiseki -arsenic material

53 – 皮癬 – hizen – scabies, mange

54 – 砒素 – hiso – arsenic

55 – 悲愴 – hisou – pathetic

56 – 脾臓 – hizou – spleen

57 – 鄙俗 – hizoku – vulgar

58 – 匕箸 – hicho – spoon and chopsticks

59 – 篳篥 – hichiriki – small double-reed wind instrument used in gagaku

60 – 畢竟 – hikkyou – in the end

61 – 匹儔 – hicchuu – equal, a match

62 – 筆誅 – hicchuu – written documentation

63 – 匹耦 – hitsuguu – couple, comrade

64 – 匹偶 – hitsuguu – couple, comrade

65 – 脾肉 – hiniku – round meat; meat from a pig’s thigh (from which ham is made)

66 – 疲憊 – hihai – exhaustion

67 – 飛瀑 – hibaku – waterfall from a high place

68 – 脾腹 – hibara – one’s side, spleen

69 – 狒狒 – hihi – baboon

70 – 霏霏 – hihi – incessant falling (e.g. rain, snow)

71 – 妃嬪 – hihin – emperor’s wife and concubines, emperor’s female attendant​

72 – 裨補 – hiho – help

73 – 誹謗 – hibou – slander

74 – 蓖麻 – hima – castor oil plant

75 – 秘鑰 – hiyaku – secret key

76 – 譬喩 – hiyu – simile, metaphor

77 – 憑依 – hyoui – spirit possession

78 – 飄逸 – hyouitsu – easygoing

79 – 苹果 – hyouka / heika – apple

80 – 剽悍 – hyoukan – fierceness, daring

81 – 憑拠 – hyoukyo – basis

82 – 剽軽 – hyoukin – facetious

83 – 兵仗 – hyoujyou – arms, armed soldier

84 – 剽窃 – hyousetsu – plagiarism

85 – 飄然 – hyouzen – detached from the world

86 – 平仄 – hyousoku – meter (in Chinese poetry)

87 – 剽盗 – hyoutou – highwayman

88 – 縹渺 – hyoubyou – vast, faint

89 – 標榜 – hyoubou – advocating

90 – 漂零 – hyourei – coming to ruin

91 – 鵯上戸 – hiyodori jyougo – a species of nightshade

92 – 披瀝 – hireki – speaking one’s mind

93 – 卑猥 – hiwai – obscene

94 – 鄙猥 – hiwai – obscene

95 – 殯宮 – hinkyuu – temporary imperial mortuary

96 – 稟議 – hingi / ringi – reaching a decision via a document circulated to all employees

Official document showing ringi – Act to amend the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Control Act and the Act on Foreign Capital (Submitted to Cabinet)

97 – 稟質 – hinshitsu – inborn nature

98 – 顰蹙 – hinshuku – frowning on

99 – 禀性 – hinsei – character

100 – 禀請 – hinsei / rinsei – petition

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