| kaeri o isogu (帰りを急ぐ) | to hurry back |
| kaeri ga osoi (帰りが遅い) | to be late (in) coming back/home |
| kaerimichi ni (帰り道に) | on one's way home/back |
| kaerimiru (顧みる) | to look back upon, to reflect upon |
| kaeriminai (顧みない) | to ignore, to disregard, to neglect |
| o kaeriminaide (を顧みないで) | regardless of |
| kaerizaku (返り咲く) | [花木が] to bloom again; to come back to |
| kaeru (蛙) | a frog |
| kaeruoyogi (蛙泳ぎ) | the breast stroke |
| kaerutobi (蛙飛び) | leapfrog |
| kaeru no ko wa kaeru (蛙の子は蛙) | Like father, like son |
| kaeru (換える/代える/替える) | to exchange [A for B], to barter, [現金に] to cash [a check]; to substitute [A for B], to replace [A with B] |
| kaeru (帰る/返る) | to return, to come back, to go back, to come home, to go home, to get home, to return home; to go away, to leave, to be off; to return |
| ware ni kaeru (我に返る) | to come to oneself |
| kaeru (変える) | to change, to alter, to shift |
| sugata o kaeru (姿を変える) | to disguise oneself |
| setsu o kaeru (説を変える) | to alter/change one's opinion |
| kaeru (孵る) | to be hatched, to hatch |
| kaeshin (替え芯) | a lead, [ボールペンの] a refill |
| kaeshinui (返し縫い) | backstitching |
| kaesu (返す) | to return, to give back, to pay back, [金を] to repay; to revenge oneself; to send back, to return; to put back, [もとの所へ] to restore |
| kaesu (孵す) | to hatch [eggs/chickens] |
| kaesugaesumo (返す返すも) | really, exceedingly, repeatedly |
| kaette (却って) | on the contrary; rather, more, all the more |
| kafu (寡婦) | a widow |
| kafukubu (下腹部) | the abdomen |
| kafun (花粉) | pollen |
| kafunsō (花粉症) | hay fever, pollenosis |
| kafusoku naku (過不足なく) | equally, just enough |
| kafusu (カフス) | a cuff |
| kafusubotan (カフスボタン) | cuff links |
| kafū (家風) | the ways of a family |
| kagai (加害) | an assault |
| kagaisha (加害者) | an assailant |
| kagai no (課外の) | extracurricular |
| kagaikatsudō (課外活動) | extracurricular activities |
| kagaiyomimono (課外読物) | outside reading |
| kagaku (化学) | chemistry |
| kagakujō no (化学［上］の) | chemical |
| kagakutekini (化学的に) | chemically |
| kagakukigō (化学記号) | a chemical symbol |
| kagakushiki (化学式) | a chemical formula |
| kagakuhōteishiki (化学方程式) | a chemical equation |
| kagakukōgyō (化学工業) | chemical industry |
| kagakusha (化学者) | a chemist |
| kagakusen (化学戦) | chemical warfare |
| kagakusen'i (化学繊維) | a synthetical/chemical fibre |
| kagakuchōmiryō (化学調味料) | a chemical seasoning (stuff) |
| kagakuhiryō (化学肥料) | a chemical fertilizer |
| kagakuheiki (化学兵器) | a chemical weapon |
| kagakuhenka (化学変化) | a chemical change |
| kagakuhannō (化学反応) | a chemical reaction |
| kagakuyakuhin (化学薬品) | chemicals [-> 製品] |
| kagakuseihin (化学製品) | chemicals [-> 薬品] |
| kagakuryōhō (化学療法) | chemotherapy |
| kagaku (科学) | science |
| kagakuteki no (科学［的］の) | scientific |
| kagakutekini (科学的に) | scientifically |
| kagakugijutsuchō (科学技術庁) | the Science and Technology Agency |
| kagakusha (科学者) | a scientist |
| kagameru (屈める) | to bend, to stoop, to bow |
| mi o kagameru (身を屈める) | to bend oneself |
| koshi o kagameru (腰を屈める) | to bend one's knees |
| kagami (鏡) | a mirror, a (looking) glass; [樽の] a barrelhead |
| kagami (鑑) | a model, a pattern |
| kagamu (屈む) | to stoop, to bend forward, to crouch |
| kagaribi (篝火) | a bonfire, a campfire |
| kagaru (縢る) | to sew, to darn, to hemstitch |
| kagayakashii (輝かしい) | brilliant, bright |
| kagayaki (輝き) | brilliancy, radiance, brightness |
| kagayaku (輝く) | to shine, to glitter, [顔が] to brighten, to light up |
| kage (陰) | shade; behind one's back, in secret |
| kage no ōi (陰の多い) | shady |
| kage de warau (陰で笑う) | to laugh in one's sleeves |
| kage de warukuchi o iu (陰で悪口を言う) | to speak ill of a person behind his back |
| kage ni nari hinata ni nari (陰になり日向になり) | both openly and secretly |
| kage (影) | a shadow, a silhouette; a figure, an image, a reflection, a trace |
| kage o kakusu (影を隠す) | to hide oneself, to conceal oneself, to disappear |
| kageboshi ni suru (陰干しにする) | to dry (a thing) in the shade |
| kagebōshi (影法師) | a shadow (figure), a silhouette |
| kagee (影絵) | a shadow picture, a silhouette |
| kageeshibai (影絵芝居) | a shadow show |
| kageguchi (陰口) | backbiting |
| kageguchi o iu (陰口を言う) | to backbite, to speak ill of a person behind his back |
| kagehinata no aru (陰日向のある) | double-faced, double-dealing |
| kageki (歌劇) | an opera, an operetta |
| kagekikashu (歌劇歌手) | an opera singer |
| kagekidan (歌劇団) | an opera company/troupe |
| kagekijō (歌劇場) | an opera house |
| kagekina (過激な) | extreme, violent, radical |