Kanji and vocabulary lists for 文学

English title: Literature

Difficulty rankings: kanji 1-, vocabulary 1-, Text length: 2062 words

This list contain the 100 kanji and 100 words contained on this page.

Kanji

学	ガクまな.ぶ	study learning science	+
芸	ゲイウンう.えるのりわざ	technique art craft performance acting trick stunt	+
家	カケいえやうち	house home family professional expert performer	+
義	ギ	righteousness justice morality honor loyalty meaning	+
形	ケイギョウかた -がたかたちなり	shape form style	+
一	イチイツひと- ひと.つ	one one radical (no.1)	+
近	キンコンちか.い	near early akin tantamount	+
関	カンせき -ぜきかか.わるからくりかんぬき	connection barrier gateway involve concerning	+
意	イ	idea mind heart taste thought desire care liking	+
間	カンケンあいだまあい	interval space	+
歌	カうたうた.う	song sing	+
究	キュウクきわ.める	research study	+
界	カイ	world	+
研	ケンと.ぐ	polish study of sharpen	+
記	キしる.す	scribe account narrative	+
劇	ゲキ	drama play	+
基	キもともとい	fundamentals radical (chem) counter for machines foundation	+
見	ケンみ.るみ.えるみ.せる	see hopes chances idea opinion look at visible	+
概	ガイおおむ.ね	outline condition approximation generally	+
紀	キ	chronicle account narrative history annals geologic period	+
果	カは.たすはた.す -は.たすは.てる -は.てるは.て	fruit reward carry out achieve complete end finish succeed	+
活	カツい.きるい.かすい.ける	lively resuscitation being helped living	+
規	キ	standard measure	+
感	カン	emotion feeling sensation	+
何	カなになんなに- なん-	what	+
以	イもっ.て	by means of because in view of compared with	+
移	イうつ.るうつ.す	shift move change drift catch (cold, fire) pass into	+
戯	ギゲたわむ.れるざ.れるじゃ.れる	frolic play sport	+
及	キュウおよ.ぶおよ.びおよびおよ.ぼす	reach out exert exercise cause	+
格	カクコウキャクゴウ	status rank capacity character case (law, grammar)	+
応	オウヨウ -ノウあた.るまさにこた.える	apply answer yes OK reply accept	+
曲	キョクま.がるま.げるくま	bend music melody composition pleasure injustice fault curve crooked perverse lean	+
脚	キャクキャカクあし	skids leg undercarriage	+
科	カ	department course section	+
異	イことこと.なるけ	uncommon queerness strangeness wonderful curious unusual	+
教	キョウおし.えるおそ.わる	teach faith doctrine	+
演	エン	performance act play render stage	+
割	カツわ.るわりわ.りわ.れるさ.く	proportion comparatively divide cut separate split	+
画	ガカクエカイえが.くかく.するかぎ.るはかりごとはか.る	brush-stroke picture	+
技	ギわざ	skill art craft ability feat performance vocation arts	+
拠	キョコよ.る	foothold based on follow therefore	+
英	エイはなぶさ	England English	+
印	インしるし -じるししる.す	stamp seal mark imprint symbol emblem trademark evidence souvenir India	+
我	ガわれわわ.が- わが-	ego I selfish our oneself	+
建	ケンコンた.てるた.て -だ.てた.つ	build	+
境	キョウケイさかい	boundary border region	+
依	イエよ.る	reliant depend on consequently therefore due to	+
各	カクおのおの	each every either	+
句	ク	phrase clause sentence passage paragraph counter for haiku	+
係	ケイかか.るかかり -がかりかか.わる	person in charge connection duty concern oneself	+
起	キお.きるお.こるお.こすおこ.すた.つ	rouse wake up get up	+
会	カイエあ.うあ.わせるあつ.まる	meeting meet party association interview join	+
遠	エンオンとお.い	distant far	+
球	キュウたま	ball sphere	+
引	インひ.くひ.きひ.き- -び.きひ.ける	pull tug jerk admit install quote refer to	+
隔	カクへだ.てるへだ.たる	isolate alternate distance separate gulf	+
押	オウお.すお.し- お.っ- お.さえるおさ.える	push stop check subdue attach seize weight shove press seal do in spite of	+
駆	クか.けるか.る	drive run gallop advance inspire impel	+
共	キョウともとも.に -ども	together both neither all and alike with	+
傑	ケツすぐ.れる	greatness excellence	+
域	イキ	range region limits stage level	+
狭	キョウコウせま.いせば.めるせば.まるさ	cramped narrow contract tight	+
響	キョウひび.く	echo sound resound ring vibrate	+
完	カン	perfect completion end	+
期	キゴ	period time date term	+
化	カケば.けるば.かすふ.けるけ.する	change take the form of influence enchant delude -ization	+
易	エキイやさ.しいやす.い	easy ready to simple fortune-telling divination	+
月	ゲツガツつき	month moon	+
掛	カイケイか.ける -か.けるか.け -か.け -が.けか.かる -か.かる -が.かるか.かり -が.かりかかり -がかり	hang suspend depend arrive at tax pour	+
拡	カクコウひろ.がるひろ.げるひろ.める	broaden extend expand enlarge	+
偽	ギカいつわ.るにせいつわ.り	falsehood lie deceive pretend counterfeit forgery	+
疑	ギうたが.う	doubt distrust be suspicious question	+
漢	カン	Sino- China	+
区	クオウコウ	ward district	+
含	ガンふく.むふく.める	include bear in mind understand cherish	+
位	イくらいぐらい	rank grade throne crown about some	+
韻	イン	rhyme elegance tone	+
機	キはた	mechanism opportunity occasion machine airplane	+
幾	キいく- いく.ついく.ら	how many how much how far how long some several	+
結	ケツケチむす.ぶゆ.うゆ.わえる	tie bind contract join organize do up hair fasten	+
解	カイゲと.くと.かすと.けるほど.くほど.けるわか.るさと.る	unravel notes key explanation understanding untie undo solve answer cancel absolve explain minute	+
可	カコク -べ.き -べ.し	can passable mustn't should not do not	+
巻	カンケンま.くまきま.き	scroll volume book part roll up wind up tie coil counter for texts (or book scrolls)	+
沖	チュウおきおきつちゅう.するわく	open sea offing rise high into sky	+
傾	ケイかたむ.くかたむ.けるかたぶ.くかた.げるかし.げる	lean incline tilt trend wane sink ruin bias	+
鑑	カンかんが.みるかがみ	specimen take warning from learn from	+
興	コウキョウおこ.るおこ.す	entertain revive retrieve interest pleasure	+
価	カケあたい	value price	+
献	ケンコンたてまつ.る	offering counter for drinks present offer	+
育	イクそだ.つそだ.ちそだ.てるはぐく.む	bring up grow up raise rear	+
音	オンイン -ノンおとね	sound noise	+
下	カゲしたしももとさ.げるさ.がるくだ.るくだ.りくだ.す -くだ.すくだ.さるお.ろすお.りる	below down descend give low inferior	+
影	エイかげ	shadow silhouette phantom	+
型	ケイかた -がた	mould type model	+
経	ケイキョウへ.るた.つたていとはか.るのり	sutra longitude pass thru expire warp	+
縁	エン -ネンふちふちど.るゆかりよすがへりえにし	affinity relation connection edge border verge brink	+
扱	ソウキュウあつか.いあつか.うあつか.るこ.く	handle entertain thresh strip	+
確	カクコウたし.かたし.かめる	assurance firm tight hard solid confirm clear evident	+
恵	ケイエめぐ.むめぐ.み	favor blessing grace kindness	+
件	ケンくだん	affair case matter item	+

Words

文学	ぶんがく	literature	+
	の	indicates possessive nominalizes verbs and adjectives substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question	+
	は	topic marker particle indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated) adds emphasis	+
	に	indicates such things as location of person or thing, location of short-term action, etc.	+
為る	する	to do to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into) to serve as; to act as; to work as to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.) to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as to decide on; to choose to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.) to be (in a state, condition, etc.) to be worth; to cost to pass (of time); to elapse verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs") creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go") to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to	+
	を	indicates direct object of action indicates subject of causative expression indicates an area traversed indicates time (period) over which action takes place indicates point of departure or separation of action indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.	+
	と	if; when and with particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle promoted pawn (shogi) indicates question (sentence end)	+
	が	indicates sentence subject (occasionally object) indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions) but; however; still; and	+
的	てき	-like; typical	+
作品	さくひん	work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production	+
	で	indicates location of action; at; in indicates time of action indicates means of action; cause of effect; by indicates certainty, emphasis, etc. and then; so indicates continuing action	+
	ってて	casual quoting particle	+
	や	such things as (non-exhaustive list related to a specific time and place); and ... and (after the dictionary form of a verb) the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ... punctuational exclamation in haiku, renga, etc. interjection expressing surprise hi yes; what? plain copula	+
	も	also; too; words of similar weight about (emphasizing an upper limit); as much as; even more; further; other; again	+
物	ものもん	thing; object natural thing; frequently done thing used to express emotional involvement used in giving a reason somehow; somewhat; for some reason really; truly	+
芸術藝術	げいじゅつ	(fine) art; the arts	+
評論	ひょうろん	criticism; critique	+
様	よう	appearing ...; looking ... way to ...; method of ...ing form; style; design like; similar to thing (thought or spoken)	+
成る為る	なる	to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain to result in; to prove to be to consist of; to be composed of to succeed; to be complete to change into; to be exchanged for to play a role to be promoted (shogi) to do ...	+
其れ	それ	that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it that time; then there (indicating a place near the listener) you	+
等抔	など	et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth (indicating an approximate quote or vague suggestion) or something (lessening the significance or value of the previous word) the likes of	+
文芸文藝	ぶんげい	literature; art and literature; belles-lettres	+
其の	その	that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the um...; er...; uh...	+
性	せい	nature (of a person) sex gender -ty; -ity; -ness; -cy	+
形式	けいしき	form (as opposed to substance); formality method; system; style format; mode; appearance; form (something takes) math expression	+
又亦復	また	again; and; also; still (doing something)	+
持つ	もつ	to hold; to carry to possess	+
詩	し	poem; verse of poetry	+
在る有る	ある	to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live to have to be located to be equipped with to happen; to come about	+
者	ものもん	person	+
野埜	のやぬ	plain; field hidden (structural) member wild lacking a political post	+
言語	げんごごんご	language	+
家	か	-ist (used after a noun indicating someone's occupation, pursuits, disposition, etc.); -er	+
定義	ていぎ	definition	+
事縡	ことこん	thing; matter incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis circumstances; situation; state of affairs work; business; affair after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to nominalizing suffix pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...	+
作家	さっか	author; writer; novelist; artist	+
表現	ひょうげん	expression; presentation representation; notation	+
居る	いる	to be (of animate objects); to exist to stay (after the -te form of a verb) verb indicating continuing action or state (i.e. to be ..ing, to have been ..ing)	+
	から	from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since from (originator) because out of (constituent, part) through (e.g. window, vestibule) after; since (following te-form verb)	+
分野	ぶんや	field; sphere; realm; division; branch	+
意味	いみ	meaning; significance	+
文字	もじもんじ	letter (of alphabet); character literal	+
来る來る	くる	to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive to come back; to do ... and come back to come to be; to become; to get; to grow; to continue to come from; to be caused by; to derive from to come to (i.e. "when it comes to spinach ...")	+
作者	さくしゃ	author; authoress	+
学	がく	learning; scholarship; erudition; knowledge	+
此の斯の	この	this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)	+
随筆隨筆	ずいひつ	essays; miscellaneous writings; literary jottings	+
翻訳飜訳	ほんやく	translation de-encryption; deciphering rendering	+
	より	from; out of; since; at than other than; except; but more	+
側面	そくめん	side; flank; aspect; dimension; profile; sidelight; lateral	+
研究	けんきゅう	study; research; investigation	+
考える勘える稽える	かんがえる	to consider; to think about	+
今日	きょうこんにちこんじつ	today; this day these days; recently; nowadays	+
歴史	れきし	history	+
或或る	ある	a certain ...; some ...	+
所処處	ところとこ	place; spot; scene; site address district; area; locality one's house point part space; room whereupon; as a result (after present form of a verb) about to; on the verge of	+
書く	かく	to write to draw	+
書物	しょもつ	books	+
	メディア	media	+
為爲為め	ため	good; advantage; benefit; welfare sake; purpose; objective; aim consequence; result; effect affecting; regarding; concerning	+
主題	しゅだい	subject; theme; motif	+
重要	じゅうよう	important; momentous; essential; principal; major	+
言葉詞辞	ことばけとば	language; dialect word; words; phrase; term; expression; remark speech; (manner of) speaking	+
古代	こだい	ancient times	+
政治	せいじ	politics; government	+
概念	がいねん	general idea; concept; notion	+
世界	せかい	the world; society; the universe	+
哲学	てつがく	philosophy	+
小説	しょうせつ	novel; (short) story	+
語	ご	language word	+
形容貌	かたちよう	form; shape; figure visage	+
従う随う順う隨う從う	したがう	to abide (by the rules); to obey; to follow; to accompany	+
係わる関わる拘わる係る関る拘る	かかわる	to be affected; to be influenced to be concerned with; to have to do with to stick to (opinions)	+
戯曲	ぎきょく	play; drama	+
基準規準	きじゅん	standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum	+
世紀	せいき	century; era	+
自身	じしん	by oneself; personally	+
自分	じぶん	myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself I; me	+
様々様様	さまざま	varied; various	+
主義	しゅぎ	doctrine; rule; principle	+
間	ま	space; room; time; pause	+
存在	そんざい	existence; being	+
依存	いぞんいそん	dependence; dependent; reliance	+
諸	しょ	various; many; several	+
以降	いこう	on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since	+
多様	たよう	diverse; varied	+
演劇	えんげき	drama; theatre; theater; play	+
目的	もくてき	purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention	+
仕事	しごと	work; job; business; occupation; employment; vocation; task work	+
厳密	げんみつ	strict; close	+
異なる異る	ことなる	to differ; to vary; to disagree	+
対象	たいしょう	target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)	+
近代	きんだい	present day; modern times	+
現す表す現わす表わす顕す	あらわす	to reveal; to show; to display to express to represent; to signify; to stand for to make widely known	+
現在	げんざい	now; current; present; present time; as of	+
現代	げんだい	nowadays; modern era; modern times; present-day	+
志向	しこう	intention; aim; preference (for)	+
屡々屡屡屡数数数々数	しばしば	often; again and again; frequently	+
	へ	indicates direction or goal (e.g. "to")	+
役割役割り	やくわり	part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties	+