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親 おや (n) parents 1325
父親 ちちおや (n) father 1708
母親 ははおや (n) mother 2154
親王 しんのう (n) prince of royal blood; Imperial prince 2583
両親 ふたおや (n) parents; both parents 3338
両親 りょうしん (n) parents; both parents 3338
親友 しんゆう (n) close friend; bosom (old, intimate) friend; buddy; crony; chum 3901
苦手 にがて (adj-na,n) poor (at); weak (in); dislike (of) 4476
親しむ したしむ (v5m) to be intimate with; to befriend 4561
親子 おやこ (n) parent and child 5201
親子 しんし (n) parent and child 5201
親交 しんこう (n) intimacy 5606
親族 しんぞく (n) relatives 6128
苦戦 くせん (n) hard fight; close game 6627
内親王 ないしんのう (n) imperial or royal princess 6799
親方 おやかた (n) master 6890
親会社 おやがいしゃ (n) parent company 6991
苦しむ くるしむ (v5m) to suffer; to groan; to be worried 7115
親しい したしい (adj) intimate; close (e.g. friend) 7115
苦労 くろう (adj-na,n,vs) troubles; hardships 7676
親衛隊 しんえいたい (n) bodyguards 7773
親戚 しんせき (n) relative 8955
苦しめる くるしめる (v1) to torment; to harass; to inflict pain 9153
親指 おやゆび (n) thumb 9229
苦情 くじょう (n) complaint; troubles; objection 9748
苦しい くるしい (adj) painful; difficult 10033
近親 きんしん (n) near relative 10800
親善 しんぜん (n) friendship 11023
苦悩 くのう (n,vs) suffering; distress; affliction; anguish; agony; trouble 11054
苦痛 くつう (adj-na,n) pain; agony 12092
親密 しんみつ (adj-na,n) intimacy; friendship 12492
親父 おやじ (gikun) (n) one's father; old man; one's boss 13047
親鸞 しんらん Founder of the Jodo Shinshu sect of Buddhism (1173-1262) 13298
親和 しんわ (n) friendship; fellowship 13810
親分 おやぶん (n) boss; chief; head 14261
親日 しんにち (n) pro-Japanese 14745
苦しみ くるしみ (n) pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship 15609
親等 しんとう (n) degree of kinship 16112
苦難 くなん (n) trial 16133
名付け親 なづけおや (n) godparent 16314
親政 しんせい (n) direct Imperial rule 16481
親切 しんせつ (adj-na,n) kindness; gentleness 16902
苦境 くきょう (n) trouble; crisis; predicament 17612
親しみ したしみ (n) intimacy; affection; familiarity 17775
親権 しんけん (n) parental authority 18495
苦言 くげん (n) candid (frank) advice; exhortation 18701
親米 しんべい (n) pro-American 18985
親類 しんるい (n) relation; kin 18985
苦い にがい (adj) bitter 19016
親睦 しんぼく (n) friendship; reunion 19170
苦慮 くりょ (n,vs) rack one's brains 20404
和親 わしん (n) friendship 20676
里親 さとおや (n) foster parent(s) 20782
親愛 しんあい (n) (1) deep affection; (2) dear; beloved 21397
苦心 くしん (n,vs) pain; trouble; anxiety; diligence; hard work 21489
苦味 くみ (n) bitterness; bitter taste 21615
苦味 にがみ (n) bitterness; bitter taste 21615
苦笑 くしょう (n,vs) bitter smile 21889
肉親 にくしん (n) blood relationship; blood relative 21889
苦肉の策 くにくのさく (n) last resort; desperate measure taken under pressure of necessity 22057
親近 しんきん (n) a relative; familiarity 22259
親任 しんにん (n) imperial appointment 24551
親衛 しんえい (n) monarch's guards 25630
親元 おやもと (n) one's parents; one's parents' home; one's home 25630
苦闘 くとう (n,vs) agonizing 25918
苦労人 くろうにん (n) worldly-wise man 25918
慣れ親しむ なれしたしむ (v5m) to become familiar with; to get used to 26001
苦学 くがく (n,vs) paying one's own school expenses by working 26319
親孝行 おやこうこう (adj-na,n) filial piety 27153
苦笑い にがわらい (n,vs) bitter smile 27241
親玉 おやだま (n) boss; chief; head 27801
滅茶苦茶 めちゃくちゃ (adj-na,n) (uk) absurd; unreasonable; excessive; messed up; spoiled; wreaked 28008
親潮 おやしお (n) the Kurile Current 28391
苦渋 くじゅう (n) bitterness; mortification; difficulty in understanding; distress; affliction 28487
親告罪 しんこくざい (n) type of crime which requires a formal complaint from the victim in order to prosecute 28681
生みの親 うみのおや (exp,n) one's true parents; founder; creator 28681
苦行 くぎょう (n) penance; austerities; mortification 28780
親書 しんしょ (n) handwritten or autograph letter 28866
苦楽 くらく (n) pleasure and pain; joys and sorrows 29086
無茶苦茶 むちゃくちゃ (adj-na,n) (uk) confused; jumbled; mixed up; unreasonable 29086
親身 しんみ (adj-na,n) relative; kind; cordial 29190
堅苦しい かたくるしい (adj) formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff 29410
堅苦しい かたぐるしい (adj) formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff 29410
見苦しい みぐるしい (adj) unsightly; ugly 29410
親鳥 おやどり (n) parent bird 29632
苦々しい にがにがしい (adj) unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous 29851
重苦しい おもくるしい (adj) heavy; gloomy; awkward; cumbrous; oppressive; leaden 30433
親和力 しんわりょく (n) (chemical) affinity 30433
懇親 こんしん (n) friendship; intimacy 30969
生活苦 せいかつく (n) life's struggles 31224
親不孝 おやふこう (adj-na,n) lack of filial piety 31930
片親 かたおや (n) a or one parent 32076
親知らず おやしらず (n) wisdom tooth 32361
ご苦労 ごくろう (adj-na,int,n) (hon) trouble (I have put you through) 32501
苦杯 くはい (n) bitter experience (ordeal) 32501
四苦八苦 しくはっく (n,vs,exp) be in dire distress; hard put to it 32501
苦悶 くもん (n) anguish 32964
労苦 ろうく (n) labor; toil; hardship 33111
苦し紛れ くるしまぎれ (adj-na,n) in desperation 33282
親代わり おやがわり (n) (one acting as a) foster parent 33282
悪戦苦闘 あくせんくとう (n,vs) hard fighting 33462
暑苦しい あつくるしい (adj) sultry; sweltering 33636
息苦しい いきぐるしい (adj) choking; oppressive; suffocating 33830
気苦労 きぐろう (n) worry; care; anxiety 35357
苦汁 くじゅう (n) bitter experience 35778
苦汁 にがり (n) bittern; brine 35778
不親切 ふしんせつ (adj-na,n) unkindness; unfriendliness 35968
親署 しんしょ (n) signature of an emperor or noble 37130
親馬鹿 おやばか (n) (over) fond parents 37405
心苦しい こころぐるしい (adj) painful; be or feel sorry 37706
一苦労 ひとくろう (n) a hard time; pains 38001
親切心 しんせつしん (n) kindness 38001
苦役 くえき (n) hard toil 38280
目茶苦茶 めちゃくちゃ (adj-na,n) (uk) absurd; unreasonable; excessive; messed up; spoiled; wreaked 38280
苦節 くせつ (n) unswerving determination 38588
親爺 おやじ (gikun) (n) one's father; old man; one's boss 39571
辛苦 しんく (n) hardship; toil; trouble 39920
親心 おやごころ (n) parental love or affection 40263
病苦 びょうく (n) pain of sickness 40263
親裁 しんさい (n) matter personally decided by the emperor 40619
仮親 かりおや (n) adopted parents; temporarily assumed parents 41039
苦界 くがい (n) (1) world of suffering (Buddhism); (2) life of prostitution 41039
親株 おやかぶ (n) parent root or stock; pre-split stock or share 41039
親譲り おやゆずり (n) inheritance from a parent 41039
親文字 おやもじ (n) capital letter; first character of a dictionary entry 41039
艱難辛苦 かんなんしんく (n) trial and tribulation; hardships; privations; difficulties 41039
苦肉 くにく (n) desperation measure 41444
困苦 こんく (n) privation; hardship 41444
親展 しんてん (n) confidential 41444
八苦 はっく (n) the eight pains (of Buddhism) 41444
ご苦労さん ごくろうさん (exp) I appreciate your efforts 41904
苦力 くうりい coolie 41904
苦虫 にがむし (n) making a sour face (as if having consumed a bitter bug) 42342
苦労性 くろうしょう (adj-na,n) nervous temperament; worry habit; pessimistic nature 42342
親祭 しんさい (n) rites conducted by the emperor 42893
三重苦 さんじゅうく (n) triple handicap 43447
親木 おやぎ (n) stock (from which a graft is taken) 43447
御苦労 ごくろう (adj-na,int,n) (hon) trouble (I have put you through) 44061
親告 しんこく (n) formal complaint made by a victim 44061
業苦 ごうく (n) karmic suffering 44709
親御 おやご (n) another's parent(s) 44709
親船 おやぶね (n) mother ship 44709
親筆 しんぴつ (n) the handwriting of a high-ranking person 44709
狭苦しい せまくるしい (adj) cramped 45436
苦衷 くちゅう (n) distress 45436
取り越し苦労 とりこしぐろう (n) overanxiety 45436
親骨 おやぼね (n) ribs of a folding fan 45436
貧苦 ひんく (n) hardship; serious poverty 45436
親許 おやもと (n) one's parents; one's parents' home; one's home 46248
親疎 しんそ (n) degree of intimacy 46248