| Level 3 vocabulary |
| 出発 | (n,vs) departure/ (P) |  |
| 発音 | (n,vs) pronunciation/ (P) |  |
| Level 2 vocabulary |
| 蒸発 | (n,vs) evaporation/ unexplained disappearance/ (P) |  |
| 発つ | (v5t) to depart (on a plane, train, etc.) |  |
| 爆発 | (n,vs) explosion/ detonation/ eruption/ (P) |  |
| 〜発 | (n,suf) departure/ beginning/ counter for gunshots/ (P) |  |
| 発育 | (n,vs) (physical) growth/ development/ (P) |  |
| 発揮 | (n,vs) exhibition/ demonstration/ utilization/ display/ (P) |  |
| 発見 | (n,vs) discovery/ detection/ finding/ (P) |  |
| 発行 | (n) issue (publications)/ (P) |  |
| 発射 | (n,vs) firing/ shooting/ discharge/ catapult/ (P) |  |
| 発車 | (n) departure of a vehicle/ (P) |  |
| 発想 | (n) expression (music)/ conceptualization/ (P) |  |
| 発達 | (n,vs) development/ growth/ (P) |  |
| 発展 | (n,vs) development/ growth/ (P) |  |
| 発電 | (n,vs) generation (e.g. power)/ (P) |  |
| 発売 | (n,vs) sale/ (P) |  |
| 発表 | (n,vs) announcement/ publication/ (P) |  |
| 発明 | (n,vs) invention/ (P) |  |
| Level 1 vocabulary |
| 開発 | (n) development/ exploitation/ (P) |  |
| 活発 | (adj-na,n) vigor/ active/ (P) |  |
| 再発 | (n) return/ relapse/ reoccurrence |  |
| 始発 | (n) first train/ (P) |  |
| 発芽 | (n,vs) burgeoning/ (P) |  |
| 発掘 | (n,vs) (1) excavation/ exhumation/ (2) discovery (e.g. new talent)/ (P) |  |
| 発言 | (n) utterance/ speech/ proposal/ (P) |  |
| 発生 | (n,vs) outbreak/ spring forth/ occurrence/ incidence/ origin/ (P) |  |
| 発病 | (n) attack (disease)/ (P) |  |
| 発作 | (n) fit/ spasm/ (P) |  |
| 発足 | (n) starting/ inauguration/ (P) |  |