[じ, ji] (n) (1) thing; matter; (2) incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; (3) circumstances; situation; state of affairs; (4) work; business; affair; (5) after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; (n-suf) (6) (See 事・ごと・1) nominalizing suffix; (7) (See 事・ごと・2) pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; (P) #353
[じゅう, juu] (pref) greater degree; heavy; serious #833
[ま, ma] (adj-na, n, adj-no) (1) truth; reality; genuineness; (2) seriousness; (n) (3) logical TRUE; (4) (See 楷書) printed style writing; (5) (abbr) (See 真打ち) star performer; (P) #892
[むずかしい(P);むつかしい, muzukashii (P); mutsukashii] (adj-i) (1) difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.); (2) fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased; (3) gloomy; glum; sullen; serious (look); (4) (arch) dirty; unclean; filthy; detestable; (5) (arch) unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky; (P) #2593
[たいへん, taihen] (adv) (1) very; greatly; (adj-na, n) (2) immense; enormous; great; (3) serious; grave; dreadful; terrible; (4) difficult; hard; (5) (arch) major incident; disaster; (P) #3111
[ほんかく, honkaku] (n) (1) original method or procedure; (adj-f) (2) serious; orthodox; classical; genuine; (P) #3325
[じゅうし, juushi] (n, vs) importance; stress; serious consideration; (P) #3428
[てきとう, tekitou] (adj-na, n) (1) suitable; proper; appropriate; adequate; fit; (2) noncommittal; vague; equivocal; unserious; irresponsible; (P) #4508
[じゅうだい, juudai] (adj-na, n) serious; important; significant; grave; weighty; (P) #6109
[gachi ; gachi] (adj-na) (col) (abbr) (See がちんこ) serious; diligent; honest; earnest #7007
[だいじ(P);おおごと, daiji (P); oogoto] (adj-na, n) important; valuable; serious matter; (P) #7153
[しんこく, shinkoku] (adj-na, n) serious; (P) #7663
[ほんき, honki] (adj-na, n, adj-no) seriousness; truth; sanctity; (P) #8186
[じゅうしょう(重傷)(P);おもで, juushou ( juushou )(P); omode] (n) serious wound or injury; (P) #8822
[しんめんもく;しんめんぼく, shinmenmoku ; shinmenboku] (n) (1) one's true character; one's true self; oneself; (2) seriousness; earnestness #8838
[まじめ, majime] (adj-na, n) diligent; serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady; (P) #8838
[しんけん, shinken] (n, adj-na) (1) seriousness; earnestness; (2) real sword (as opposed to unsharpened or wooden practice weapon) (practise); (P) #11081
[maji ; maji] (adj-na, n) (1) (col) (abbr) (See 真面目・まじめ) serious (not capricious or flirtatious); (aux-v) (2) (まじ only) (See まい) cannot; should not; will not; must not #12105
[たいは, taiha] (n, vs) serious damage; drubbing; (P) #13629
[あつい, atsui] (adj-i) (1) (厚い only) thick; deep; heavy; (2) kind; cordial; hospitable; warm; faithful; (3) (篤い only) serious (of an illness); (4) (厚い only) abundant; (P) #14091
[ひどい, hidoi] (adj-i) (uk) cruel; awful; severe; very bad; serious; terrible; heavy; violent; (P) #16224
[じゅうしょう, juushou] (n, adj-no) (See 軽症) serious illness; (P) #17105
[じんだい, jindai] (adj-na, n) very great; enormous; serious; (P) #18050
[だいざい, daizai] (n) serious crime; grave sin #19876
[gachigachi] (adj-na, adv, n) (on-mim) chattering (teeth); frozen solid; overly serious
[shinmiri] (adv, n, vs) solemn; serious; sad; heart-to-heart
[tonda] (adj-pn) (1) unthinkable; unimaginable; inconceivable; unexpected; (2) terrible; awful; serious; (adv) (3) (arch) very; (P)
[もっともらしいかお, mottomorashiikao] (exp) dignified expression; solemn expression; serious expression
[shiriasu] (adj-na, n) serious; (P)
[shiriasudorama] (n) serious drama
[majiresu] (n, vs) (abbr) (See レス) serious reply (response) (e.g. in 2ch threads)
[ヤリもく(ヤリ目);やりもく(やり目);ヤリモク, yari moku ( yari me ); yarimoku ( yari me ); yarimoku] (n) (from 遣る and 目的) sexual rather than serious relationship
[いちだいじ, ichidaiji] (n) serious affair
[うそつき, usotsuki] (n, adj-no) (uk) liar (sometimes said with not much seriousness); fibber; (P)
[おつにすます, otsunisumasu] (exp, v5s) to affect a serene mood; affect a serious demeanor; to act prudishly; to assume an air of superiority
[ひらきなおる, hirakinaoru] (v5r, vi) to become defiant; to turn upon; to become serious; (P)
[われまどりろん, waremadoriron] (n) broken windows theory; criminological theory stating that serious crime can be prevented by maintaining the good physical condition of an urban environment
[かつじばなれ, katsujibanare] (n, adj-no) aliteracy; loss of interest in or shift away from reading (especially serious) books or literature
[あまくみる, amakumiru] (v1) to not take seriously; to take lightly
[がんぶつそうし, ganbutsusoushi] (n) forgetting one's serious objectives by becoming engrossed in trivial pursuits; being distracted by trivial objects and losing sight of one's original goal
[ききょく, kikyoku] (n) crisis; grave danger; serious depression
[えりをただす, eriwotadasu] (exp, v5s) to straighten oneself; to straighten one's clothes and one's posture; to adopt a more serious attitude
[かるいきもち, karuikimochi] (exp) casual; doing something without taking it too seriously
[かるやか(P);かろやか, karuyaka (P); karoyaka] (adj-na, n) light; easy; non-serious; minor; (P)
[げきうま, gekiuma] (adj-no) seriously delicious
[げきあつ, gekiatsu] (adj-na) very thick; seriously thick
[かたがこる, katagakoru] (exp, v5r) (1) to have stiff shoulders; (2) to be ill at ease; (adj-f) (3) serious; sober
[けんあく, ken'aku] (adj-na, n) dangerous; serious; gloomy; perilous; threatening; stormy; (P)
[げんしゅく, genshuku] (adj-na, n) gravity; solemnity; severity; seriousness; dignity; rigor; rigour; austerity; (P)
[げんだん, gendan] (n, vs) strong protest; demand for an explanation; serious talk