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JLPT N1
Grade 3

Meanings

notebook
account book
album
curtain
veil
net
tent

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
チョウ
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
とばり

Common Words

手帖
ちょう
Noun
Freq #8919
1

notebook; memo pad; (pocket) diary

Examples
腰を下ろし、手帳を開きました。
I sat down and opened my notebook.
2

Abbreviation

certificate

3

Abbreviation

identification card

ょうほんにん
Noun
Freq #9907
1

originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible

Examples
このうわさの張本人はだれだ?
Who is at the bottom of these rumors?
ょう
Noun
Freq #16775
1

book; register

ょうぼ
Noun
Freq #17223
1

account book; register; ledger

Examples
この帳簿には不明朗な点がたくさんある。
There are many questionable points in this ledger.
ちょうめん
Freq #18739
1

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

methodical; precise; meticulous; scrupulous; regular; punctual

Examples
お金の事では彼女は几帳面です。
She is exact in money matters.
2

Common noun

wooden post that has been carved to have a rounded corner with grooves running along either side of it

モちょう
Noun
Freq #18980
1

memo book; memo pad; notebook; notepad; scratchpad; scratch pad; writing pad; jotter

ょうけし
Noun
Freq #23976
1

Oft. as 〜にする

writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books

Examples
負債は帳消しにするしかなかった。
We had to write off the debt.
2

cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for); offsetting; undoing; wiping out

Examples
地上で空費される時間が飛行機の速さという有利な店を帳消しにしてしまう。
Hours lost on the ground cancel out the advantage of speed in the air.
かやの外
かやのそと
Expression
Noun
Freq #24424
1

Idiomatic expression

being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; outside the mosquito net

Noun
Usually kana
Freq #27170
1

curtain; hanging; bunting

Examples
夜のとばりが下りつつある。
Darkness is falling.
うちょう
Noun
Freq #28241
1

passbook; bankbook

Examples
私は自分の通帳を見たが、幸運にも50ドル余分に入っていた。
I looked at my bank account book, and happily discovered that I had an extra $50!
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