| Word | Reading | Meaning | Level |
| 炭 | すみ | charcoal | N4 |
| 一酸化炭素 | いっさんかたんそ | carbon monoxide - caution context | N4 |
| 炭を引く | すみをひく | to draw back charcoal | N4 |
| 貯炭 | ちょたん | coal stock | N3 |
| 無煙炭 | むえんたん | anthracite | N3 |
| 給炭 | きゅうたん | feeding coal | N3 |
| 炭素排出量 | たんそはいしゅつりょう | carbon emissions | N1 |
| 備長炭 | びんちょうたん | white oak hardwood binchotan charcoal | N1 |
| 炭化 | たんか | charring, carbonization | N1 |
| 朴炭 | ほおずみ | charred magnolia charcoal for tea | N1 |
| 炭手前 | すみてまえ | formal charcoal-laying procedure | N1 |
| 炭火焼き | すみびやき | charcoal-grilling over open embers | N1 |
| 炭灰 | すみはい | fine charcoal ash bed | N1 |
| 炭火炙り | すみびあぶり | gentle surface searing over radiant coals | N1 |
| 桐炭 | きりずみ | ultra-soft pulverized paulownia wood charcoal | N1 |
| 炭素含有量 | たんそがんゆうりょう | percentage of carbon content | N1 |
| 炭化物 | たんかぶつ | internal alloy carbides | N1 |
| 炭焼き窯 | すみやきがま | clay-domed hillside charcoal kiln | N1 |
| 炭火配列 | すみびはいれつ | deliberate geometric configuration of coals | N1 |
| 鹿肉炭火焼 | しかにくすみびやき | charcoal-roasted wild autumn venison saddle | N1 |