In this article, you will see the quick meaning of random words in alphabetical order of the letters KMN. This quick dictionary was designed to answer questions and briefly answer the meaning of a few words.
This database is translated directly from English, there may be some coherence errors. Without the help of a good dictionary like jisho.org you may get confused. The words in this article are part of the N5, N4, and N3.

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Japanese words with the letter K
- 蚊 - ka means mosquito
- 課 - ka means lesson; section
- カーテン - kaaten means curtain.
- 鞄 - kaban means bag, basket; backpack; folder; paper bag.
- 壁 - kabe means wall; partition; barrier.
- カビ - kabi means mildew; mold
- 花瓶 - kabin means Flower vase; vase (open container)
- 価値 - kachi means value
- 課長 - kachou means section manager; head of section
- 角 - kado means angle; corner; square
- カード - kado means card
- 帰り - kaeri means return; comeback
- 帰る - kaeru means to return; to go back; to leave; to get home
- 変える - kaeru means to change; to alter; to transform; to convert; to turn; to vary; to review; to change.
- 返す - kaesu means to return; to restore; to put back; to turn; to pay; to repay.
- カフェ - kafe means café
- Chemistry - kagaku means chemistry
- Kagaku means science
- 鏡 - kagami means mirror; an object that reflects one's image.
- 影 - kage means shadow
- Kagen means adjustment.
- 鍵 - kagi means key; lock
- かご - kago means basket
- Furniture - kagu means furnishings; furniture
- 階段 - kaidan means stairs; staircase
- Kaifuku - kaifuku means recovery.
- 絵画 - kaiga means scenery; painting
- Overseas - kaigai means foreign; abroad
- Kaigan means coast.
- 会議 - kaigi means meeting; assembly; session; council; convention; congress; conference.
- 会議室 - kaigishitsu means meeting room; conference room; board room
- 会合 - kaigō means meeting; gathering
- Member - kaiin means member
- 会場 - kaijou means meeting place; meeting room; venue.
- - kaikei means ; ing
- Resolution - kaiketsu means settlement; to liquidate.
- 買い物 - kaimono means shopping; acquired goods
- 会社 - kaisha means company; corporation; workplace
- 解釈 - kaishaku means explanation; interpretation
- 開始 - kaishi means to start; to initiate
- 快適 - kaiteki means pleasant; comfort
- 会話 - kaiwa means conversation; talk
- Improvement - kaizen means improvement; enhancement
- 家事 - kaji means household chores; domestic work.
- 火事 - kaji means fire; conflagration
- Price - kakaku means price
- 掛かる - kakaru means to take; to overlie; to participate; to deal with;
- 掛ける - kakeru means to hang; to increase; to place; to cover; to spend; to make a call.
- 掛ける - kakeru means to hang; to raise; to increase; to place; to do; to connect.
- Below - kaki means below
- かっこ - kakko means shape; parentheses
- 格好 - kakkou means shape; figure; posture; format.
- 過去 - kako means the past; past
- 書く - kaku means to write; to compose; to paint; to draw.
- 拡大 - kakudai means expansion
- 確実 - kakujitsu means certainty; clear
- かまう - kamau means to ; bite
- カメラ - kamera means camera
- 神 - kami means kami; god
- 髪 - kami means kami, hair
- 紙 - kami means Paper
- Subject - kamoku means subject; topics
- 噛む - kamu means to bite; to chew; bite
- Kanai - kanai means wife; housewife; inside the house.
- 必ず - kanarazu means always; certainly
- 必ず - kanarazu means certainly; necessarily; by all means.
- かなり - kanari means pretty.
- 悲しい - kanashii means sad; regrettable; serious; painful; unhappy.
- お金持ち - kanemochi means wealthy man; rich; a lot of money; rich person.
- 考える - kangaeru means to consider; to think.
- 看護婦 - kangofu means nurse
- Kanji means ideograms; Chinese character
- 関係 - kankei means relation; relationship; connection; involvement; influence; effect; sexual relations.
- 可能 - kanō means possible
- 彼女 - kanojo means she; girlfriend
- 簡単 - kantan means simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light.
- 完全 - kanzen means perfection; to complete.
- カップ - kappu means cup
- 体 - karada means body; torso; trunk; corpse; health; physical.
- 辛い - karai means spicy; burning; hot; salty; painful; difficult;
- カレー - karē means curry; Indian spice; rice and curry
- 彼 - kare means he; boyfriend
- カレンダー - karendā means calendar
- 彼ら - karera means they
- 借りる - kariru means to borrow; to contract; to rent; to hire.
- カロリー - karorī means calorie; calories
- 軽い - karui means light; insignificant; swift; easy; simple.
- 傘 - kasa means umbrella; parasol; cap.
- Fire - kasai means fire.
- 菓子 - kashi means confectionery; sweets
- 賢い - kashikoi means sensible; intelligent
- Singer - kashu means singer.
- 貸す - kasu means to lend; loan; to rent; to hire.
- 方 - kata means person, way of doing; form; direction; field; category; type; path; length.
- Katachi means shape; figure
- 硬い - katai means hard
- 片付ける - katazukeru means to tidy up; to clean.
- 家庭 - katei means house; family; home
- 勝つ - katsu means to win
- カット - katto means to cut; cut
- 買う - kau means to buy; acquire; provoke; stir; opinion.
- 川 - kawa means river; flow of water; stream
- 可愛い - kawaii means cute; pretty; adorable; charming; childlike; innocent.
- かわいらしい - kawairashī means lovely; pretty
- かわいそう - kawaisō means poor; weak.
- 乾く - kawaku means to dry; dry
- 代わり - kawari means substitute; alternative; double; successor;
- 変わる - kawaru means to change; to transform; to alter; to vary; to move; to differentiate.
- 火曜 - kayo means Tuesday.
- 火曜日 - kayōbi means Tuesday; day of fire (Mars)
- 通う - kayou means to commute; to go
- かゆい - kayui means scabby; itch.
- 飾る - kazaru means to decorate; to embellish; to adorn.
- 風 - kaze means wind; breeze; project; sketch; way; behavior.
- 風邪 - kaze means a cold; flu; chill; malaria
- 家族 - kazoku means family; of a family
- かず - kazu means number; kazu
- 毛 - ke means hair; skin; plumage; feathers.
- ケチ - kechi means stinginess; stingy
- ケーキ - keeki means cake
- Kega - kega means damage; injury
- けが・する - kega・suru means to injure; injured.
- Keikaku - keikaku・suru means to plan; plan
- 警官 - keikan means police officer
- Experience - keiken・suru means to experience; experience
- 警察 - keisatsu means police.
- ケース - keisu means case; case
- Economy - keizai means finance; economy
- 結構 - kekkō means splendid; excellent; cool; wonderful; sweet; sufficient.
- Marriage - kekkon means marriage
- 煙 - kemuri means smoke
- 見物 - kenbutsu means sightseeing; watching; examination; tourism; view.
- けんか・する - kenka・suru means to argue; to fight.
- Kenkyuu means research
- 研究室 - kenkyuushitsu means laboratory; study room
- けれど - keredo means but; however; although
- This morning - kesa means this morning
- 消しゴム - keshigomu means rubber; eraser
- Scenery - keshiki means scene; landscape.
- 化粧 - keshō means makeup
- 決して - kesshite means never
- 消す - kesu means to erase, to turn off the power
- 木 - ki means tree, wood; shrub
- Ki means spirit; mood; mind; heart; nature; disposition; motivation; intention; feelings.
- 厳しい - kibishii means strict; severe; intense
- Kibun means mood; feeling
- きちんと - kichinto means precisely; correctly.
- 貴重 - kichō means precious.
- 消える - kieru means to disappear; to turn off.
- 黄色 - kiiro means yellow; amber
- 黄色い - kiiroi means yellow; yellowish
- 機会 - kikai means opportunity.
- 危険 - kiken means danger
- 聞こえる - kikoeru means to be heard; to hear
- 聞く - kiku means to hear; to ask; to follow.
- 決る - kimaru means to decide; to be settled.
- 決める - kimeru means to decide; to choose; to determine; to do; to resolve; to define; to organize; to correct; to conquer; to persist; to assume.
- 君 - kimi means you used with someone close of the opposite sex in an informal way.
- 気持ち - kimochi means feeling; mood; sensation; attitude; kindness; slightly.
- 着物 - kimono means kimono.
- 奇妙 - kimyō means strange
- Kinjo means neighborhood; vicinity.
- Yesterday - kinō means yesterday; the previous day
- 気の毒 - kinodoku means regrettable; I'm sorry.
- 絹 - kinu means silk
- Friday - kinyōbi means Friday; day of gold
- 嫌い - kirai means hate; dislike; unpleasant
- 綺麗 - kirei means beautiful, clean; lovely; pure.
- キロ - kiro means kilogram
- キロ - kiro means kilogram; kilogram
- 切る - kiru means to cut; to execute; to serve; to turn off; to finish
- 着る - kiru means to wear; to dress; to put on
- 季節 - kisetsu means season; period.
- 汽車 - kisha means train; steam locomotive
- 規則 - kisoku means rule; regulations
- 北 - kita means north
- 汚い - kitanai means dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent; vulgar; coarse.
- きつい - kitsui means intense; tight
- 切手 - kitte means stamp; imprint; mark; certificate.
- きっと - kitto means certainly; without a doubt; most likely
- 器用 - kiyō means skillful; dexterity.
- 切符 - kiっpu means ticket.
- 喫茶店 - kiっsaten means coffee lounge; cafeteria; café
- 子 - ko means child; young person
- コアラ - koara means koala
- 交番 - kōban means police box.
- こっち - kocchi means here; thus; in this sense
- Black tea - kōcha means black tea
- コーチ - kochi means trainer; coach
- こちら - kochira means in this way; in this sense; here; this
- コード - kōdo means code
- 子供 - kodomo means child
- 声 - koe means voice; song; sound.
- 公園 - kōen means park
- コーヒー - kōhī means Coffee
- 濃い - koi means deep; dark
- ここ - koko means here
- 九日 - kokonoka means nine days, ninth day.
- 心 - kokoro means heart; core; spirit; mind
- 国際 - kokusai means international; diplomatic relations
- 細かい - komakai means small; fine
- 困る - komaru means to be worried; to be disturbed; to be bothered;
- Rice - kome means uncooked rice
- コメディー - komedī means comedy
- 込む - komu means to be crowded; to enter.
- コミュニケーション - komyunikeishon means communication
- 今晩 - konban means tonight; current night.
- 今度 - kondo means this time; now; recently; previous; past; next time; another time; soon.
- This month - kongetsu means this month; current month.
- こんな - konna means such, in that way
- こんな - konna means like this
- この - kono means this
- この - kono means this
- このあいだ - konoaida means the other day; recently; during that time; meanwhile; lately.
- このごろ - konogoro means nowadays
- コンピュータ - konpyuuta means computer
- コンサート - konsaato means concert; show
- This week - konshū means this week; current week
- コンタクト - kontakuto means ; s
- 今夜 - konya means tonight; this evening.
- コピーする - kopīsuru means to copy
- コップ - koppu means cup
- これ - kore means this
- これから - korekara means after this; following this; from now on.
- 交差点 - kōsaten means intersection; crossing
- こしょう - koshō means pepper
- 故障 - koshou・suru means to break; to fail.
- 答 - kotae means answer; to reply; solution
- 答える - kotaeru means to answer; please respond.
- コート - kōto means coat, tennis court
- こと - koto means thing
- 言葉 - kotoba means word; language
- 小鳥 - kotori means small bird; little bird.
- This year - kotoshi means this year; in this year; current year
- 斯う - kou means in this way; thus; therefore; such.
- 校長 - kouchou means principal; director; head chief
- 講堂 - koudou means auditorium
- 郊外 - kougai means outskirts; suburbs; periphery
- Lecture - kougi means seminar
- 工業 - kougyou means industry; industrial factory
- 工場 - koujou means factory; office; mill
- 高校 - koukou means high school; secondary education
- 高校生 - koukousei means high school student; secondary school.
- 公務員 - koumuin means government worker; public employee; civil servant;
- High school - koutougakkou means secondary education; high school.
- 交通 - koutsuu means traffic; transport; communication; exchange; relations
- 怖い - kowai means scary; strange; terrible.
- 壊れる - kowareru means to be broken; to break.
- 壊す - kowasu means to break.
- 首 - kubi means neck
- 口 - kuchi means mouth, opening; gap; gate
- Fruits - kudamono means fruits
- 下り - kudari means to descend by train; descending
- くださる - kudasaru means to give; to grant; to bestow (respectful)
- クッキー - kukkī means biscuit; cookies
- 雲 - kumo means cloud; clouds
- 曇り - kumori means cloudy weather.
- 曇る - kumoru means to become cloudy, to become weak.
- Kun - kun means suffix for a familiar young person.
- 国 - kuni means Country
- クーポン - kūpon means coupon; voucher
- 比べる - kuraberu means to compare; to make a comparison; to compete.
- クラブ - kurabu means club; club
- 暗い - kurai means gloomy; dark; depressed; dark; unlikely
- クラシック - kurashikku means classic.
- クラス - kurasu means class; classroom
- クラスメイト - kurasumeito means classmate; classmate
- 暮れる - kureru means to get dark; to end the day, year, season.
- 暮れる - kureru means to get dark; to darken; to finish; to sink; to become lost.
- クリーム - kurīmu means cream
- クリスマス - kurisumasu means Christmas.
- 黒 - kuro means black
- 黒い - kuroi means black; dark; darkened; suspicious; criminal; illicit.
- 来る - kuru means to come; to approach; to arrive; to do.
- 車 - kuruma means car, vehicle
- 苦しい - kurushī means painful
- 草 - kusa means grass; weed; straw.
- くしゃみ - kushami means kushami; sneezes
- 薬 - kusuri means medicine; pharmaceuticals; drugs; pills; ointments.
- 靴 - kutsu means shoes; soccer shoes; footwear
- 靴下 - kutsushita means socks
- 空気 - kuuki means air, atmosphere; situation
- Airports - kuukou means airport
- 詳しい - kuwashī means detailed.
- くやしい - kuyashī means regrettable; disgusting
- 客 - kyaku means guest; client; visitor
- キャンプ - kyanpu means camp; camping
- キャンセル - kyanseru means to cancel.
- 今日 - kyō means today; this day; recently; nowadays
- 巨大 - kyodai means huge; enormous
- 兄弟 - kyōdai means (humble) brothers.
- Last year - kyonen means the previous year; the year before.
- Kyōryoku means powerful
- 教室 - kyōshitsu means classroom; class; department
- Education - kyouiku means education; schooling; training; instruction; teaching; education; culture; cultivation.
- 教会 - kyoukai means church
- 興味 - kyoumi means interest; curiosity.
- 競争 - kyousou means competition; contest; rivalry; race;
- 九 - kyū means nine
- 急激 - kyūgeki means suddenly
- キュウリ - kyūri means cucumber
- 急速 - kyūsoku means fast
- 急 - kyuu means urgent; steep; sudden; abrupt; unexpected; pressing; sharp; fast;
- 急行 - kyuukou means fast; express; hurried
Japanese words with the letter M
- 町 - machi means city; block; neighborhood; center
- 街 - machi means city
- 間違える - machigaeru means to make a mistake; to confuse.
- 未だ - mada means still.
- 窓 - mado means window.
- Mae means before; last; previous; in front.
- まるで - mãegrosseiro means quite; as if
- 曲る - magaru means to turn, to bend; to curve; to connect; to twist.
- Every night - maiban means every night
- Maigetsu means every month; each month; monthly.
- マイク - maiku means mike; microphone
- 毎年 - mainen means every year; annually
- 参る - mairu means (humble) to go; to come; to go to
- 毎週 - maishū means every week; weekly.
- 真面目 - majime means serious; earnestly; fervent; stable; sober; honest; solemn.
- 負ける - makeru means to lose.
- マーケット - māketto means market
- 真っ赤 - makka means bright red
- まま - mama means how this is; how it is
- ママ - mom means mom; mother
- 万 - man means ten thousand
- 漫画 - manga means comic book; comic strip; manga; cartoon; comic.
- 間に合う - maniau means to be on time; in time.
- 真中 - mannaka means middle
- 万年筆 - mannenhitsu means fountain pen.
- マンション - manshon means mansion
- 丸い - marui means circular; spherical; round
- まさか - masaka means no way.
- まさに - masani means exactly
- 真っ直ぐ - massugu means straight, linear; upright; simple; honest.
- 真っ直ぐ - massugu means straight; heterosexual
- マスク - masuku means to mask; mask
- ますます - masumasu means more and more
- また - mata means again, and; moreover; still.
- また - mata means again
- または - mataha means or else; or; otherwise
- 待つ - matsu means to wait; to await; to anticipate; to depend; to need.
- まつ - matsu means matsu
- 全く - mattaku means the same; absolutely
- 回り - mawari means around
- 周り - mawari means surroundings; around; circumference; neighborhood; environment.
- 回る - mawaru means to turn; to rotate; to return; to go around; to visit several places; to function well; to spend some time.
- まず - mazu means firstly; to start with; above all; in the first place; first of all; probably.
- 不味い - mazui means unpleasant; awkward; problematic; appetizing.
- 貧しい - mazushī means poor; weak
- Me - me means eyes; eyeball; vision; gaze; experience.
- メダル - medaru means medal; medals.
- めでとう - medetō means happy; congratulations
- 眼鏡 - megane means glasses
- Meikaku means clear; to clean.
- メール - meiru means the email; e-mail
- メモ - memo means note
- メンバー - menbā means member; deputies
- メリット - meritto means advantage; benefits
- 召し上がる - meshiagaru means to eat; to drink [respectfully]
- メートル - mētoru means Meters
- めった - metta means without thoughts; rare
- 珍しい - mezurashii means rare; uncommon; curious
- 道 - michi means path; road; street; lane; age; route; field.
- Midori means green.
- 見える - mieru means to be visible; to see
- 磨く - migaku means to brush teeth, to polish; billiards; to grind; to refine.
- 右 - migi means right side; right
- 見事 - migoto means splendid; wonderful
- 短い - mijikai means short; short one.
- 三日 - mikka means three days; the third day of the month.
- 耳 - mimi means ear; hearing; audition.
- 皆 - mina means everyone
- Minami means south
- 皆さん - minasan means everyone; people
- 港 - minato means port
- みんな - minna means everyone; people
- 見る - miru means to see; to watch; to look; to observe; to visualize.
- ミルク - miruku means milk
- 店 - mise means stores; shops; establishment
- 見せる - miseru means to show; to display
- Miso - miso means miso; a condiment made from soybeans; viscera.
- ミス - misu means mistake; miss
- 見つかる - mitsukaru means to be discovered; found
- 見つける - mitsukeru means to discover; to find
- 三つ - mittsu means three
- 水 - mizu means water; fluid; flooding.
- 湖 - mizuumi means lake
- もう - mō means already; now; soon; currently; still; for the time being.
- もちろん - mochiron means clear; certainly; naturally.
- モデル - moderado means model; the model
- 戻る - modoru means to return
- もう一度 - mōichido means again; once more; repeat
- Thursday - mokuyōbi means Friday
- 木綿 - momen means cotton
- 門 - mon means gate
- 問題 - mondai means problem; issue; inconvenience
- 物 - mono means things; objects; materials; substances.
- 貰う - morau means to receive; to obtain; to accept; to take.
- 森 - mori means forest
- もし - moshi means "if"; "in case".
- もし - moshi means if; in case; assuming.
- 持つ - motsu means to hold; to maintain; to own; to care; to take; to carry.
- もっと - motto means more; even more; longer
- 最も - mottomo means extremely; more
- 申し上げる - moushiageru means (humble) to say; to say; to say.
- 申す - mousu means to say; to be called; to do
- もう直ぐ - mousugu means soon; shortly; almost; a little.
- 夢中 - muchū means daze; crazy
- Muika - the sixth day means six days, the sixth day of the month.
- 迎える - mukaeru means to go for a meeting; to go out to meet;
- 昔 - mukashi means long ago; ancient
- 向かう - mukau means to face; to go towards; headfirst
- 向こう - mukō means opposite side; other side; opposite direction; another part; another person.
- 村 - mura means village; town
- 無理 - muri means impossible
- 虫 - mushi means insect
- むしろ - mushiro means instead; on the contrary
- 息子 - musuko means (humble) son
- 娘 - musume means (humble) daughter
- Muttsu - 六つ means six
- 難しい - muzukashii means difficult; problematic; complicated; demanding.
Japanese words with the letter N
- ん - n means figure; h
- な - n / d means simple copulas; what
- 等 - nado means etc.; similar; and so on; something.
- 長い - nagai means long; lengthy
- 投げる - nageru means to throw; to pitch; to launch; to discard; to shoot.
- ない - nai means no
- ない - nai means non-existent; no.
- ナイフ - naifu means knife.
- 中 - naka means middle; average; center.
- 中々 - nakanaka means considerably; easily; quite; readily.
- 鳴く - naku means animal noise; bird song; chirping; crying; calling.
- 泣く - naku means to cry
- 無くなる - nakunaru means to disappear, to lose; to be lacking; to run out.
- 亡くなる - nakunaru means to die
- 無くす - nakusu means to lose; to misplace; to rid; to eliminate; to remove.
- 名前 - namae means name; full name; first name
- 何 - nan means what; how many
- 七日 - nanoka means seven days, the seventh day.
- なお - nao means furthermore; note that
- 直る - naoru means to be repaired, to be healed; to mend; to fix.
- 治る - naoru means to be cured; to heal; to get rid of
- 直す - naosu means to repair, to heal; to correct; to convert; to replace; to put back as it was.
- なら - nara means simple copula; if
- 並べる - naraberu means to align; to set up; to arrange in line; to enumerate; to itemize; to equal; to compare
- 並ぶ - narabu means to align; to stand in a line; to rival; to combine; to equalize
- 習う - narau means to learn; to have classes; to be taught; to study
- 慣れる - nareru means to get used to; to familiarize; to specialize; to become experienced;
- なる - naru means to become; to be; to be; to result; to reveal; to do; to obtain; to reach; to achieve.
- 鳴る - naru means to sound; sound
- なるべく - narubeku means as much as possible
- なるほど - naruhodo means now I understand; that's right; understood; true.
- なさる - nasaru means (respectful) to do; to make
- なす - nasu means eggplant
- 夏 - natsu means summer
- 夏休み - natsuyasumi means summer vacation.
- なぜ - naze means why; because
- 寝坊 - nebou means oversleeping; sleeping in; getting up late; sleepyhead.
- 値段 - nedan means price; cost
- 猫 - neko means cat
- ネクタイ - nekutai means tie, bow.
- 眠い - nemui means sleepy; drowsy.
- 眠る - nemuru means to sleep
- 寝る - neru means to lie down; go to bed; sleep
- 熱心 - nesshin means enthusiasm; zeal; ardent; fervent; interested; eager.
- 熱 - netsu means heat; fever; temperature
- ネット - netto means net; the network
- ネズミ - nezumi means mouse; rat
- 二 - ni means two
- に - ni means simple copula; for
- Sunday - nichiyōbi means Sunday
- 苦い - nigai means bitter
- 逃げる - nigeru means to escape; to flee.
- 賑やか - nigiyaka means lively; busy; animated
- 二階建て - nikaidate means two-story building
- 日記 - nikki means diary
- にっこり - nikkori means smiling
- 肉 - niku means meat; physical body
- 荷物 - nimotsu means luggage; package
- 荷物 - nimotsu means luggage
- 人形 - ningyou means doll; puppet; figure
- にんじん - ninjin means carrot
- 匂い - nioi means smell; odor; aroma; stench.
- 似る - niru means to resemble; to seem; to be similar; to be close; to be equal; to be like.
- West - nishi means west
- 庭 - niwa means garden; yard; field; area
- ニーズ - nizu means needs
- 登る - noboru means to climb; to go up; to promote; to advance.
- のど - nodo means throat; voice
- ノック - nokku means knock; knock
- 残る - nokoru means to remain; to stay.
- 飲み物 - nomimono means drink
- 飲む - nomu means to drink; to swallow; to take.
- のんびり - nonbiri means carefree; relaxed
- 乗り換える - norikaeru means to transfer; to change; to swap; to alter.
- 乗り物 - norimono means vehicle
- 乗る - noru means to take; to enter; to embark; to arrive at.
- ノート - nōto means notebook; note; to take note; workbook
- 脱ぐ - nugu means to undress; to take off clothes; to peel off.
- ぬれる - nureru means to get wet; to wet oneself
- 塗る - nuru means to paint; in plaster; to paint.
- 温い - nurui means warm; lukewarm; slow
- 盗む - nusumu means to steal
- ニュース - nyūsu means news
- ission - nyuugaku・suru means entry; enrollment; registration; ission.
- 入院 - nyuuin・suru means to hospitalize; hospitalization