| 虫取り
mushitori | catching bugs (activity) |
| 物干し
monohoshi | frame for drying clothes; clotheshorse |
| 木星
mokusei | Jupiter |
| 冥王星
meiousei | Pluto |
| 無人島
mujintou | deserted island |
| 向かい風
mukaikaze | headwind |
| メリメリ ・ めりめり
(merimeri) | cracking; splitting; crashing; creaking; groaning (i.e. of tree falling down) [giseion] |
| もぞもぞ
mozomozo | creeping about; stirring restlessly; squirming (gitaigo) |
| 物差し
monosashi | a ruler (to measure) |
| 毛布
moufu | blanket |
| 蒸す
musu /-u; mushita/ | to steam (food, towel, etc.) (vt)
to be hot and humid; to be sultry (vi) |
| 向かい合う
mukaiau /-u; mukaiatta/ | face each other; to be opposite (vi) |
| 昔
mukashi | long time ago / once upon a time |
| 麦
mugi | wheat (oats, barley) |
| 向きになる
(muki ni naru) | (exp) become serious; to take something seriously (joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial) |
| 剥く
muku /-u; muita) | to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes) (vt) |
| 虫歯
mushiba | tooth decay, cavity |
| 虫眼鏡
mushímègane | magnifying glass |
| 毟る
mushiru /-u; mushitta/ | pluck (out); pick (vt) |
| 結ぶ
musubu /-u; musunda/ | tie (a know, bow) / conclude (a contract) (vt) |
| 咽る (噎せる)
museru /-ru; museta/ | choke over; get choked by (smoke, something caught in windpipe) (vi) |
| 無線
musen | wireless |
| 無駄 (になった)
muda (ni naru) | uselessness, pointlessness
(exp) to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere |
| 無駄遣い
mudazukai | waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away |
| 無茶苦茶
muchakucha /na/ | nonsensical; absurd; (na-noun)
awfully; extremely; to excess; crazy
disorder; confusion; being jumbled; being mixed up (adv) |
| 夢中
muchuu /na/ | absorbed in; immersed in; crazy about;(na-noun)
forgetting oneself; daze; trance |
| 無理矢理
muriyari | forcibly; against one's will |
| 群れ
mure | flock, herd, group |
| むっつり
muttsuri (-to) (also mutto, muutto) | sullenly; taciturnly; morosely (adv) (gitaigo)
taciturn person |
| 斑
mura | speckled, spotty |
| 睫毛
(matsuge) | eyelashes |
| 白目
shirome | white of the eyes |
| 眉毛
mayuge | eyebrows |
| 芽
me | bud (of flower) |
| 命中
meichuu | hitting the bull's-eye, be on the mark (with guess) |
| 命令
meirei (-suru) | a command, order |
| 迷路
meiro | maze; labyrinth |
| 目隠し
mekakushi | blindfold |
| めくる (捲る = まくる)
mekuru /-u; mekutta/ | flip over, turn (the page) (vt) |
| 目印
mejîrushi | mark (for quick identification or recognition); sign
landmark; guide |
| 雌
mesu | female (usu. animal) |
| 目立つ
medatsu /-u; medatta/ | be conspicuous; stand out (vi) |
| 目玉焼き
medamayaki | fried egg (sunny-side up) |
| 目盛り
memori | gradations (on a ruler, thermometer, etc.); division; scale |
| 面倒くさい
(mendokusai /-katta/) | is annoying, is troublesome (adj) |
| 藻
mo | algae; waterweed; seaweed |
| 盲導犬
moudouken | seeing eye dog |
| 燃える
moeru /-ru; moeta/ | (sth) burns; to get fired up (vi) |
| もぎ取る
(mogitoru /-u; mogitotta/) | pluck off (esp. by twisting) (vt) |
| 潜る
moguru /-u; mogutta/ | dive (under water) (vi) |
| 模型
mokei | model |
| 凭れる
motareru /-ru; motareta/ | lean against; to lean on; to recline on (vi)
lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested (vi) |
| 持ち上げる
mochiageru /-ru; mochiageta/ | lift up (overhead) (vt) |
| 持ち主
mochinushi | owner |
| 持ち物
mochimono | belongings |
| 勿論
mochiron | of course |
| 物語
monogatari | story; tale; narrative; account; fable |
| 物差し
monosashi | ruler (to measure things) |
| 物知り
monoshiri | well-informed person |
| 物真似
monomane (-suru) | imitation (of someone, something) |
| もみじ (紅葉)
(momiji) | red maple leaves |
| 揉む
momu /-u; monda/ | to rub; to crumple/ to massage/to argue; to have a heated discussion/) to train; to coach/ to jostle; to crowd; to shake
(in passive form) to have various experiences (out in the world) |
| 桃
momo | peach |
| 燃やす
moyasu /-u; moyashita/ | to burn (sth) (vt)
to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up (vt) |
| 模様
moyou | pattern |
| 漏る
moru /-u; motta/ | to leak; to run out (vi) |
| 門
môn | gates (big entrance gates at school, etc.) |
| 問題
mondai | question (e.g. on a test); problem
problem (e.g. societal, political); issue;
question (i.e. doubt
public discussion; controversy
trouble; problem; inconvenience |
| 燃えるゴミ
(moerugomi) | (exp,n) burnable garbage; burnable waste (which is to be separated into the appropriate bag for non recycled things) |
| 木馬
(mokuba) | wooden horse, rocking horse / vaulting horse |
| 眩暈
memai (ga suru) | dizziness; vertigo |
| 無地
muji /na/ | plain, patternless, solid (color) |
