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必修（31）
- ことば必修 おかげさまでokagesama dethanks to you and to unseen help
- ことば必修 おもてなしomotenashiJapanese hospitality
- ことば必修 お互いさまotagaisamawe all need help sometimes, so no debt is owed
- ことば必修 お邪魔しますojama shimasuwhat you say when entering someone's home
- ことば必修 お天道様が見ているotentosama ga miteiruthe sun is watching you
- ことば必修 がんばってganbattethe encouragement that is not quite good luck
- ことば必修 じゃんけんjankenrock-paper-scissors, used by adults to decide almost anything
- ことば必修 ただいま・おかえりtadaima and okaerithe greeting exchanged when someone comes home
- ことば必修 もったいないmottainaiwhat a waste
- ことば必修 よろしくお願いしますyoroshiku onegaishimasuthe phrase with no English equivalent
- ことば必修 挨拶aisatsugreetings as a social duty
- ことば必修 一生懸命isshokenmeiwith everything you have
- ことば必修 漢字・ひらがな・カタカナthe three Japanese scriptswhy Japanese is written with three writing systems at once
- ことば必修 関西弁kansai-benthe dialect spoken around Osaka and Kyoto
- ことば必修 郷に入っては郷に従えgo ni itte wa go ni shitagaewhen in a place, follow its ways
- ことば必修 思いやりomoiyariimagining how the other person feels
- ことば必修 七転び八起きnanakorobi yaokifall seven times, get up eight
- ことば必修 出る杭は打たれるderu kui wa utareruthe stake that sticks out gets hammered down
- ことば必修 助数詞josushithe counters Japanese puts after a number
- ことば必修 石の上にも三年ishi no ue nimo sannenthree years sitting on a stone
- ことば必修 先輩・後輩senpai and kohaiseniors and juniors
- ことば必修 罰が当たるbachi ga atarudivine or karmic punishment for wrongdoing
- ことば必修 迷惑をかけないmeiwaku wo kakenainot causing trouble for others
- ことば必修 和製英語wasei-eigoEnglish-looking words made in Japan
- 工芸必修 金継ぎkintsugirepairing broken pottery with lacquer and gold
- 妖怪必修 縁起engiwhether something is considered lucky or unlucky
- マナー必修 さん付けhonorifics sanwhy names always have something attached
- マナー必修 すみませんsumimasensorry / excuse me / thank you
- ポップカルチャー必修 かわいいkawaiithe aesthetic of cuteness
- 神道必修 無宗教mushukyosaying you have no religion while keeping its customs
- 仕事必修 お疲れさまotsukaresamathe all-purpose word for acknowledging someone's work
標準（44）
- 仏教標準 因果応報inga ohowhat you do comes back
- 武道標準 稽古keikotraining in a traditional art or martial art
- ことば標準 ウチとソトuchi and sotoinside group and outside group
- ことば標準 しつけshitsukebringing up a child to behave considerately
- ことば標準 一期一会ichigo ichieone time, one meeting
- ことば標準 一途ichizusingle-minded devotion to one person or thing
- ことば標準 縁enthe connection between people that brings them together
- ことば標準 遠慮enryoholding back out of consideration
- ことば標準 恩ona debt of gratitude that you carry and repay
- ことば標準 我慢gamanenduring without complaint
- ことば標準 顔を立てるkao wo tateruletting someone keep their standing in front of others
- ことば標準 気が利くki ga kikunoticing what's needed and acting on it without being asked
- ことば標準 気配りkikubariproactive thoughtfulness toward others' needs
- ことば標準 空気を読むkuki wo yomureading the room
- ことば標準 根性konjogrit, and the training culture built around it
- ことば標準 察するsassuruworking out what someone means without being told
- ことば標準 仕方ないshikata ga naiit cannot be helped
- ことば標準 初心者と玄人shoshinsha and kurotothe words for a beginner and a true expert
- ことば標準 身内とよそ様uchi to yosozamainsiders and the outside world
- ことば標準 水に流すmizu ni nagasuletting the past wash away
- ことば標準 数え年kazoedoshithe old way of counting age, from one at birth
- ことば標準 世間sekenthe watching public around you
- ことば標準 世間体sekenteihow you look to the people around you
- ことば標準 生きがいikigaiwhat makes life worth living
- ことば標準 恥hajishame as a social brake
- ことば標準 腹八分目hara hachibunmeeating to eighty percent full
- ことば標準 分をわきまえるbun wo wakimaeruknowing and staying within your place
- ことば標準 方言hogenthe regional dialects of Japanese
- ことば標準 本音と建前honne and tatemaetrue feelings and public face
- ことば標準 無常mujothe impermanence of everything
- ことば標準 名字myojiJapanese family names and where they came from
- ことば標準 流行語大賞buzzword of the yearthe annual award for new words, and what it really measures
- ことば標準 和waharmony as the thing a group protects
- ことば標準 侘び寂びwabi-sabibeauty in imperfection and age
- ことば標準 忖度sontakuacting on what you guess a superior wants, without being told
- ことば標準 絆kizunathe bond between people who will not let go of each other
- マナー標準 指さしと手招きgesturesgestures that mean something different in Japan
- マナー標準 謝るapologizingwhy Japanese people apologize first
- マナー標準 先日はどうもsenjitsu wa domothanking someone again next time
- マナー標準 土下座dogezakneeling with your forehead on the floor
- 季節標準 松竹梅shochikubaipine, bamboo and plum
- 季節標準 虫の声を聴くlistening to insect songsenjoying the sound of autumn insects
- 季節標準 里山satoyamathe managed woodland between the village and the mountain
- 神道標準 神道と自然shinto and naturethe animism at the heart of Shinto belief
応用（22）
- 伝統芸能応用 家元iemotothe head of a school of a traditional art
- 武道応用 押忍osuthe all-purpose word shouted in martial arts dojos
- ことば応用 けじめkejimedrawing a clear line between one thing and another
- ことば応用 もののあはれmono no awarethe sadness of passing things
- ことば応用 以心伝心ishin denshinunderstanding without words
- ことば応用 花鳥風月kachofugetsuflower, bird, wind and moon
- ことば応用 甘えamaedepending on another person's goodwill
- ことば応用 間mathe meaningful gap
- ことば応用 義理girisocial obligation you cannot refuse
- ことば応用 潔さisagiyosaaccepting defeat cleanly
- ことば応用 言霊kotodamathe belief that spoken words carry power
- ことば応用 三方よしsanpo yoshigood for the seller, the buyer and society
- ことば応用 守破離shu ha rithe three stages of learning a traditional art
- ことば応用 儒教jukyoConfucian ideas as they took root in Japan
- ことば応用 初心忘るべからずshoshin wasuru bekarazunever forget how you began
- ことば応用 粋ikithe understated stylishness of Edo townspeople
- ことば応用 八百万の神yaoyorozu no kamithe eight million gods
- ことば応用 幽玄yugendepth that is felt rather than shown
- 歴史応用 国学kokugakuthe Edo-period study of Japan's own classics
- 歴史応用 武士道bushidothe way of the warrior
- 歴史応用 文化財の制度cultural property systemhow Japan designates national treasures and protects its heritage
- 神道応用 神様の数え方counting kamiwhy Japanese counts gods with the word for pillar