| 縄跳び
nawatobi | jump rope (activity) |
| 睨めっこ ・ にらめっこ
niramekko | staring contest( stare + suffix meaning contest with each other) |
| にわか雨
niwakaame | sudden downpour |
| 人魚
nîngyo | mermaid |
| ニコニコ / にこにこ
nikoniko | with a friendly grin; smilingly (gitaigo) |
| 伸び
nobi (wo suru) | growth; development
* stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up) (suru)
(ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.) |
| 寝転ぶ
nekôrobu /-u; nekôronda/ | to lie down; to throw oneself down |
| 煮る
niru /-ru; nita/ | simmer, boil in salted water (e.g. vegetables) |
| 内緒
naisho | secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; secret |
| 流す
nagâsu /-u; nagâshita/ | drain; to shed (blood, tears) (vt)
to wash away / distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.)
to float; to set adrift (vt)
to call off (a meeting, etc.) |
| 仲直り
nakánaòri | make up with sb (after an argument, etc.), reconciliation; make peace with |
| 仲間
nakama | companion; fellow; friend;
group; company; gang |
| 仲間外れ
(nakama hazure) | being left out / being ostracized |
| 中身
nakami | contents; interior; substance; filling
(sword) blade |
| 仲良し
nakayoshi | buddy, close friends |
| 鳴き声
nakigoe | cry (of an animal) meow, roar, bark, etc. |
| 泣きべそ
nakibeso | face contorted and about to cry |
| 鳴く
naku /-u; naita/ | make sound (of an animal); to chrip, sing, etc. (of bird) (vi) |
| 慰める
nagusameru /-ru; nagusameta/ | to comfort; to console (vt) |
| 無くす
nakusu /-u; nakushita/ | to lose (something); to mislay (vt)
to get rid of; to eliminate |
| 殴る
naguru /-u; nagutta/ | hit, strike, beat, punch (vt) |
| 投げる
nagêru /-ru; nagêta/ | to throw; to hurl; to fling; to toss; to cast (vt)
give up; to abandon; to throw away |
| 梨
nashî | pear |
| 茄子
nâsu | eggplant |
| 謎々
nazonazo | Riddle, mystery |
| なぞる
nazoru /-u; nazotta/ | to trace (drawing) imitate or copy (vt) |
| 懐く
natsuku /-u; natsuita/ | to become (emotionally) attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed (vi) |
| 納豆
nattou | fermented soybeans (Food) |
| 菜っ葉
nâppa | chinese cabbage, greens |
| 夏休み
natsuyâsumi | summer vacation |
| 撫でる
nadêru /-ru; nadêta/ | pet, stroke, caress, pat/rub
(hair) comb down, smooth down |
| 斜め
nanâme (no/na) | diagonal, slanted, sloping
distorted (feeling), slanted (view of the world) (na-noun) |
| 怠ける
namákèru /-ru; namákèta/ | to be idle; to slack off (vt)
neglect (e.g. one's work) |
| 波
nami | wave (i.e., of water in ocean etc.) |
| 涙
nâmida | Tears |
| 舐める
namêru /-ru; namêta/ | lick, suck , taste
(exp) experience (hardship, etc.) |
| 馴らす
narâsu /-u; narâshita/ | accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear) (vt)
tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal) (vt) |
| 成る
nâru /-u; nâtta/ | become, grow, turn, mature (as fruit) |
| 縄
nawa | rope, cord |
| 匂う
niôu /-u; niôtta/ | (sth) smells, puts out an odor (vi)
be fragrant; to smell (good) |
| 逃がす
nigasu /u; nigashita/ | let escape, let go (vt)
miss (a chance), let get away |
| 握る
nigiru /-u; nigitta/ | clasp onto, grip, clutch (vt)
(exp) hold (the answer), have (the solution) be the key
seize (power) |
| 濁る
nigôru /-u; nigôtta/ | become muddy, cloudy, impure (liquid/gas) (vi)
become dull (sound, color etc.) |
| 虹
niji | rainbow |
| 滲む
nijimu /-u; nijinda/ | run, smear (as a liquid); to blur, blot (vi)
ooze, well up (tears, etc.) |
| 偽者
nisemono | imposter, fake |
| 日記
nikki | diary, journal |
| 日光浴
nikkôuyoku (suru) | sunbathing (suru) to sunbathe |
| 日食
nisshoku | solar eclipse |
| 日本舞踊
nihonbuyou | Japanese traditional dance |
| 煮物
nimono | food cooked by boiling or stewing
simmered fish |
| 入院
nyuuin (suru) | hospitalization (suru) be hospitalized |
| 入学
nyuugaku (suru) | enrollment / (suru) enroll (in school, class) |
| 睨む
nirâmu /-u; nirânda/ | glare at, glower at, stare intensely at (vt) |
| 似る (似ている)
niru /-ru; nita/ | resembling similar |
| 人気者
ninkimono | popular person/thing |
| 人形劇
ningyôugeki | puppet show |
| 人間
ningen | human being, person |
| 人参
ninjin | carrot |
| 縫いぐるみ
nuigurumi | Plush toy |
| 縫い物
nuimono | sewing, needlework |
| 縫う
nuu /-u; nutta/ | to sew, to stich (vt)
(exp) weave one's way (through a crowd) |
| 抜く
nuku /-u; nuita/ | to pull out; to draw out; to extract (teeth, weeds etc) (vt)
omit; to leave out; to go without
to drain (e.g. water from a bath); to empty
to pick out; to choose (pick from a list) |
| 濡らす
nurasu /-u; nurashita/ | get (sth) wet, to wet, soak (tv) |
| 濡れる
nureru /;ru; nureta/ | get wet (vi) |
| 塗り絵
nurie | coloring book |
| 塗る
nuru /-u; nutta/ | paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to spread (on makeup); to smear (vt) |
| 温い
nurûi /-katta/ | tepid warm, lukewarm (adj) |
| 寝返り
negaeri (suru) | turning over while sleeping in bed (-suru) |
| 寝顔
negao | sleeping face |
| 葱
negi | welsh onion, green onion |
| 寝言
negoto | sleep-talking / gibberish |
| 螺子
nêji | screw
winder, key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.) |
| 捻じる
nejiru /-u nejitta/ | to screw; to twist (vt)
distort; to parody; to make a pun |
| 捩れる / 捻じれる
nejireru /-ru; nejireta/ | get twisted, crooked, wraped (vi) |
| 寝相
nezou | one's sleeping posture |
| 強請る
nedaru /-u; nedatta/ | beg, coax, extort, pester (for) (vt) |
| 熱帯魚
nettâigyo | tropical fish |
| 寝冷え
nebie | indisposition (to cold), get chilled while asleep (-suru) |
| 寝坊
nebou (suru) (na) | oversleeping; sleep in late (-suru)
late riser, sleepyhead (na) |
| 寝惚ける
nebokeru /-ru; neboketa/ | be only half awake, groggy from sleep (vi) |
| 寝巻き
nemaki | nightgown |
| 眠る
nemuru /-u; nemutta/ | fall asleep (vi) |
| 狙う
nerau /-u; neratta/ | aim at / be after (something) have an eye on (vt) |
| 練る
nêru /-u; nêtta/ | knead, mix with hands |
| 年少
nenshou | a juvenile, first class (year, of 3 year program) |
| ねんちゅう (年中)
(nenchuu) | middle class (of 3 year program) |
| 年長
nenchou | senior, elder, 3rd year (of 3 year program-) |
| 粘土
nêndo | clay |
| 納屋
nâya | barn, shed |
| 農業
nôugyou | Agriculture, farming |
| 覗く
nozoku /-u; nozoita/ | peek (through a hole, gap, eyepiece)
peek into (a shop)
look down into (a ravine, etc.) |
| 伸ばす
nobâsu /-u; nobâshita/ | grow long (hair, nails) / lengthen, stretch out (vt)
reach/hold out |
| 野原
nôhara | field, plain, prairie |
| 伸び縮み
nobichijimi | expand and contract, stretching and shrinking
elastic; flexibility |
| 上る
noboru /-u; nobotta/ | to ascend; to go up (vi) (movement verb) |
| 昇る
noboru /-u; nobotta/ | to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise |
| 登る
noboru /-u; nobotta/ | to climb (a mountain) (vi) (movement verb)
to swim up (a river); to sail up
be promoted |
| のんびり
nonbiri | carefree, leisurely, relaxed manner (gitiago) |
| 暖簾
noren | curtains above entrance of shop |
| 糊
nori | glue, paste |
| 内科
naika | internal medicine |
| にっこり
nikkori (to) | sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning) (gitaigo) |
| にやにや
niyaniya (to) | grinning; smirking (adv-to-suru) (gitaigo) |
| 呑気
nonki /na/ | carefree; optimistic; careless; happy-go-lucky; easygoing (na-noun) |
| 上り列車
nobori-ressha | up-train (train heading toward the starting point/station) |
| 入力
nyuuryoku (suru) | input (suru), (data) entry |
| 雪崩
nadare | avalanche |
| 名札
nafuda | name tag (like id for worker or even just sticker on shirt for kids) |
| 内科検診
(naika-kenshin) | physical exam by doctor (general internal medicine) |
| 入館料
nyuukanryou | entrance fee (to theater, museum, etc.) |
| 寝不足
nebusoku /na/ | lack of sleep; insufficient sleep (na-noun) |
| 怠ける
nâmakèru /-ru; namaketa/ | to be idle/lazy, slack off, neglect (one's work, etc.) (vi) |
| 鈍い
nibûi /-katta/ | dull (knife), blunt / thickheaded, obtuse / dull (sound, color) dim (light) (adj) |
| 流し台
nagashidai | a sink; washbasin |
| 熱心
nesshin /na/ | zealous, enthusiastic, fervent, keen on, eager (na-noun) |
| 生放送
namahousou | live broadcast |
