This index contains the translation from English to Japanese for often-used words. You can use it as a simplified dictionary.
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A Happy New Year		gashô
A Happy New Year		gêshun
A.M.		gozen
above		ue
accessory		sôshokuhin
accident		jiko
account		kaikê
achievement		tassê
acid rain		sansêu
act		kôdô
actor		haiyû
actress		joyû
Adam		riku
addition		kasan
address		jûsho
adult		otona
advance		shinpo
adventure		bôken
advertising		kôkoku
aerospace		kôkûuchû
Afghanistan		afuganisutan
Africa		afurika
agriculture		nôgyô
air		kûki
air force		kûgun
air pollution		taikiosen
airport		kûkô
airship		hikôsen
Akita		akitaken
Alan		takashi
Alex		ô
alien		ihôjin
alien		uchûjin
alligator		wani
always		jôji
ambition		yabô
ambition		taishi
ambulance		kyûkyûsha
American		bêkokujin
amount		sôkê
amusement park		yûenchi
anarchy		musêfu
ancestor		senzo
angel		tenshi
anger		ika (ri)
angler fish		ankô
animals		dôbutsu
anniversary		kinenbi
ant		ari
anti-war		hansen
appearance		yôshi
apple		ringo
apricot		anzu
April		shigatsu
Aquarius		mizugameza
Arabia		arabia
architect		kenchikuka
Argentina		aruzenchin
Aries		ohitsujiza
armor		yoroi
army		rikugun
Arnold		shû
arrival		tôchaku
arrive		tsu (ku)
arrow		ya
art		gêjutsu
artist		gêjutsuka
Asia		ajia
ass		roba
assassination		annsatsu
assistance		enjo
astronaut		uchûhikôshi
astronomy		tenmongaku
Athens		atene
atomic power plant		genpatsu
attic		yaneura
attraction		miryoku
August		hachigatsu
aunt		oba
Australia		ôsutoraria
Austria		ôsutoria
author		sakka
authority		ken'i
automobile		jidôsha
autumn		aki
axe		ono