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Level 1 Jukugo (Part 2)

1 – 攪拌 – kakuhan – agitation, whipping

2 – 擱筆 – kakuhitsu – stopping writing

3 – 霍乱 – kakuran- heatstroke, sunstroke

4 – 花瞼 – kaken – beautiful eyelids

5 – 罅隙 – kageki – a crack, crevasse

6 – 訛語 – kago – non-standard pronunciation

7 – 瑕疵 – kashi – flaw, defect

8 – 華奢 – kasha – luxurious

9 – 呵責 – kashaku – blame

10 – 華胥 – kasho – ideal land

11 – 稼穡 – kashoku – planting and harvesting

12 – 夥多 – kata – many

13 – 華冑 – kachuu – aristocracy

14 – 喀血 – kakketsu – coughing up blood

15 – 羯鼓 – kakko – Japanese drum played with sticks on both sides

16 – 闊歩 – kappo – strutting

17 – 豁然 – katsuzen – suddenly, widely

18 – 戛然 – katsuzen – with a clang

19 – 羯磨 – katsuma – karma

20 – 刮目 – katsumoku – close attention

21 – 訛伝 – kaden – miscommunication

22 – 蝌蚪 – kato – tadpole

23 – 花鈿 – kaden – ornamental hairpin

24 – 下膊 – kahaku – forearm

25 – 痂皮 = kahi -scab

26 – 花蕾 – karai – flower bud

27 – 顆粒 – karyuu – granule

28 – 苛斂 – karen – excessive extraction (taxes)

29 – 蝸廬 – karo – my humble home

30 – 坎軻 – kanka – seperation from the world

31 – 轗軻 – kanka – seperation from the world

32 – 鰥寡 – kanka – widow and widower, lonely people

33 – 環海 – kankai – surrounding sea, surrounded by the sea

34 – 官廨 – kankai – government agency

35 – 扞格 – kankaku – mutual incompatibility

36 – 奸黠 – kankatsu – cunning

37 – 漢奸 – kankan – Chinese traitor (especially with Japanese)

38 – 官衙 – kanga – government agency

39 – 杆菌 – kankin – bacillus

40 – 簡勁 – kankei – terse

41 – 鹹湖 – kanko – salt lake

42 – 箝口 – kankou – keeping silent, gagging, muzzling

43 – 顴骨 – kankotsu – cheekbone

44 – 鉗子 – kanshi – forceps

45 – 癇癪 – kanshaku – temper tantrum

46 – 甘蔗 – kansho -sugar cane

47 – 関雎 – kansho – harmony and courtesy in a marriage

48 – 疳性 – kanshou – irritability

49 – 癇性 – kanshou – irritability

50 – 鼾睡 – kansui – snoring sleep

51 – 喊声 – kansei – battle cry

52 – 陥穽 – kansei – trap, pitfall

53 – 酣戦 – kansen – height of battle

54 – 渙然 – kanzen – untied, undone

55 – 盥漱 – kansou – washing one’s hands and rinsing one’s mouth

56 – 奸賊 – kanzoku – villain

57 – 邯鄲 – kantan – tree cricket

Tree cricket (Matsumushi); Firefly (Hotaru), from the Picture Book of Crawling Creatures (Ehon Mushi Erami), MET, Kitagawa Utamono, 1788

58 – 巻帙 – kanchitsu – volumes

59 – 浣腸 – kanchou – enema

60 – 灌腸 – kanchou – enema

61 – 竿牘 – kandoku – a letter, a note

62 – 奸佞 – kannei – craftiness and treachery

63 – 悍馬 – kanba – an unruly horse

64 – 駻馬 – kanba – an unruly horse

65 – 旱魃 – kanbatsu – drought

66 – 感佩 – kanpai – deep gratitude

67 – 煥発 – kanpatsu – brilliance

68 – 緘黙 – kanmoku – keeping silent

69 – 橄欖 – kanran – Chinese white olive

70 – 外舅 – gaikyuu – father-in-law (of husband)

71 – 街衢 – gaiku – town

72 – 外寇 – gaikou – foreign invasion

73 – 剴切 – gaisetsu – appropriateness

74 – 咳嗽 – gaisou – cough

75 – 鵞眼 – gagan – zeni coin

76 – 愕然 – gakuzen – astonished

77 – 鵞口瘡 – gakousou – thrush

78 – 臥褥 – gajyoku – retire to bed (due to illness)

79 – 雅致 – gachi – elegance

80 – 牙纛 – gatou – flagstaff decorated with ivory carried by the emperor or a general​

81 – 画舫 – gabou – exquisitely decorated pleasure boat

82 – 蝦蟇 – gama – toad

83 – 衙門 – gamon -public office

84 – 瓦礫 – gareki – rubble, debris

85 – 眼窩 – ganka – eye socket

86 – 眼瞼 – ganken – eyelid

87 – 岩漿 – ganshou -magma

88 – 含嗽 – gansou – gargling

89 – 龕灯 – gantou – Buddhist alter light

90 – 忌諱 – kii – disliking

91 – 棄捐 – kien – abandonment

92 – 机下 – kika – word of respect added to the addressee’s name on a letter​, under the desk

93 – 麾下 – kika – under the command of, under the banner of

94 – 危岩 – kigan – towering rock

95 – 跂及 – kikyuu – attempt

96 – 冀求 – kikyuu – strong desire

97 – 箕踞 – kikyo – sitting with one’s legs outstretched

98 – 欷歔 – kikyo – sobbing

99 – 饑饉 – kikin – famine

100 – 綺語 – kigo – embellishing one’s words

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