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red, crimson, scarlet
autumn, fall
rain
candy
older sister, elder sister
elder brother, older brother
blue, azure
apartment
morning
breakfast
day after tomorrow
foot, leg, paw, arm
tomorrow
head
behind, after, remainder, left, also
dinner, evening meal
number
bus
butter
bed
to study
ball-point pen
button
hat, cap
sentence
pork
hospital
illness, disease, sickness
brown
rice bowl, tea cup, teacup
father
subway, underground train
map
kitchen
university, college
exit, gateway, way out
electricity
train, electric train
telephone (call / device)l, phone call
department store
door
who
animal
Saturday
picture
yes, that is correct, right
movie, film
movie theater, cinema
English language
station
pencil
elevator
film
fork
clothes
two people, pair, couple
two, 2
the second day of the month / 2 days
envelope
winter
foreign country
foreigner, foreign citizen, foreign national, alien, non-Japanese
school
student
entrance
lively, full of spirit, energetic, healthy
Monday
bank
guitar
five, 5
afternoon, p.m.
cooked rice, meal
morning, a.m.
gram
beef
(cow's) milk
tooth
eight: 8
postcard
mother
yes, that is correct
ashtray
box, crate
half, semi-, half-past
flower
nose
talk, speech, chat, conversation
half
handkerchief
clear weather
spring, springtime
chopsticks
bridge
20 years old, twenty years old
twentieth day of the month / 20 days
area
unskillful, poor, awkward
room
left, left hand side
east
airplane, aircraft
free time
noon, midday, daytime, lunch
lunch
person, human
one person, alone, single
one thing, only
other (place, thing, person), the rest
book, volume, script
bookshelf, bookcase
truth, reality, actuality, fact
hotel
100, hundred
one, best, first, foremost, start
number one, first, 1st, first place, best, most
one day, all day
house, residence, family
pond
how much?, how many?
now, the present time, soon
meaning, significance, sense
younger sister
dog
entrance, entry, gate
colour, color
various
(medical) doctor, physician
together, at the same time, same, identical
chair
the fifth day of the month / 5 days
five, 5
unpleasant
dictionary
automobile, motorcar, motor vehicle, car
time, hour(s)
dictionary
bicycle
skillful, skilled, proficient, good (at)
lesson, class work
ten, 10
bag, basket
a vase
a corner, angle
key
stairs, stairway, staircase
shopping, purchased goods
company, corporation
camera
paper
kanji
cup
body
curry
calendar
umbrella
way of doing something
household
river, stream
Tuesday
wind
a cold
family, members of a family
policeman, police officer
marriage
splendid, enough
this morning
tree, shrub, bush, wood, timber
yesterday
Friday
ticket
hate
kilogram
kilometer
coffee shop, tearoom, cafe
north
stamp (postage)
this person or way
this way, this direction
child
voice
ninth day of the month / 9 days
nine, 9
tonight, this evening
this month
this week
Coffee
coat
copy, photocopy
glass (drinking vessel), tumbler
word, words
this year
police box
black tea
park
intersection
mouth, opening
fruit
cloudiness, cloudy weather
country, state, region
class
black
car, automobile, vehicle
medicine
shoes
socks
last year
today, this day
siblings, brothers and sisters, mate
classroom
nine, 9
match
town, block, neighborhood
window
previous, before, in front, ago
every morning
every night
every day
every week
every year, yearly, annually
every month, monthly
10,000, ten thousand
fountain pen
straight ahead, direct
eye
metre, meter
glasses
road, street
green
right, right hand side
the third day of the month / 3 days
ear, hearing
south
everyone
all, everyone, everybody
store, shop, establishment, restaurant
three, 3
water, fluid, liquid
Thursday
gate
problem, question (e.g. on a test)
thing
sixth day of the month / 6 days
over there
village
six, 6
knife
inside, in, within, center
name, full name, given name
seven, 7
seventh day of the month / 7 days
summer
summer vacation, summer holiday
cat
tie, necktie
two, 2
Sunday
diary, journal
meat
luggage, baggage
west
garden
drink, beverage
notebook
news
grandmother
aunt, old lady
lunch box, Japanese box lunch
tea
bath
uncle, old man, mister
mother, mom, mum, ma
money
confections, sweets, candy
wife, your wife, his wife
police officer (friendly term for policeman)
same
stomach
elder sister, young lady, miss, ma'am
music
older brother, elder brother, young man, buddy
woman, female sex
girl, daughter, young women
crowd of people, great number of people
alcohol
plate, dish
toilet, restroom, lavatory, bathroom
man, male
boy, male child, baby boy
adult
day before yesterday
year before last
father, dad, papa, pa, pop, daddy
younger brother
party
bread
page
pen
pet
post
swimming pool
next month
next year
next week
radio
zero
refrigerator
record
practice, practicing
restaurant
six, 6
corridor, hallway, passageway
travel, trip, journey, excursion, tour
cuisine
parents, both parents
overseas student, exchange student
purse, wallet
fish
previous, prior, first, earlier
writing, composition
three, 3
walk, stroll
year after next
sugar
height, stature, back, spine
business suit
sweater, jumper
pupil, student
soap
1,000, thousand
last month
teacher, instructor, master
last week
washing, laundry
photograph, photo
shirt
shower
four, 4
seven, 7
work, job, business
newspaper
salt
white, innocence, innocent person
below, down, under, bottom
question, inquiry
cafeteria, dining room
soy sauce
homework, assignment, pending issue
near, beside
sky, the air
outside, exterior
to clean, to sweep
Wednesday
skirt
like
a little (bit), small quantity, few, short distance
sport, sports
spoon
slipper, slippers
heater, stove
tobacco, cigarette
food
very, greatly, terribly, serious, difficult
important, necessary, indispensable, beloved
embassy
many
taxi
eggs, egg
birthday
length, height
building
hand, arm
table
tape
tape recorder
Letter (message)
weather, the elements
television, TV
examination, quiz, test
Japanese style door
toilet
watch, clock, timepiece
time, moment, occasion, chance
sometimes, at times
place
friend, companion
next door to
tenth day of the month / 10 days
bird
chicken meat
year, age
library
next
first day of the month
desk
above, up, over, top, surface
sea
back, behind, rear
song
coat, tunic, jacket, outer garment
shirt
mountain, hill
greengrocer, fruit and vegetable shop, versatile
vegetable
rest, vacation, holiday
eight: 8
fourth day of the month / 4 days
beside, side, width
evening, night
four, 4
western clothes
eighth day of the month / 8 days
snow
last night
post office
evening, dusk
evening meal
famous
magazine
all
zero
trousers, pants