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Japanese vocabulary in the iKnow! Core 6000 list

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iKnow! Japanese Core 6000 Vocab 1001-1100

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す ご い 2
Most common form: すごい
1. terrible; dreadful  (often written with kana only)
2. amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); wonderful; terrific  (often written with kana only)
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し ん せ つ 1 し ん せ つ 0
kindness; gentleness
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ぜ っ た い 0
1. absolutely; unconditionally  (see also: 絶対に)
2. absolute; unconditional; unmistakable
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せ ん げ つ 1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
last month
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お と と し 2
Most common form: おと年
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
year before last
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ふ ゆ や す み 3
noun
winter vacation
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な つ や す み 3
noun
summer vacation; summer holiday
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き ゅ う じ つ 0
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
holiday; day off
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し ょ う が つ 4
noun
1. New Year (esp. first three days)
2. the first month of the year; January
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お も い で 0
noun
memories; recollections; reminiscence
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た ま に 0
adverb, suffix
occasionally; once in a while  (often written with kana only)
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お か し い 3
1. funny; amusing; comical; laughable; ridiculous  (often written with kana only)
2. strange; odd; funny; peculiar; weird; unusual; eccentric  (often written with kana only)
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あ さ い 0 あ さ い 2
1. shallow; superficial  (opposite: 深い)
2. slight (wound); light (sleep); pale (colour); inadequate (knowledge)
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き み 0
1. you; buddy; pal  (also used colloquially by young females; male term or language; familiar language)
noun
2. monarch; ruler; sovereign; (one's) master  (orig. meaning)
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お く さ ん 1
noun
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam  (honorific)
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あ か ち ゃ ん 1 あ か ち ゃ ん 0
noun
baby; infant
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し ょ う が く せ い 3 し ょ う が く せ い 4
Most common form: しょうがくせい
noun
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
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か す 0
Most common form: かす
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to lend; to loan
2. to rent out; to hire out
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か ぞ え る 3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to count; to enumerate
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う む 0
Most common form: 産む
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs)
2. to produce; to yield; to give rise to; to deliver
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そ だ つ 2
'tsu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
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ぜ ひ 1
adverb, noun
1. certainly; without fail  (often written with kana only)
2. right and wrong; pros and cons
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く ろ 2
noun
1. black  (see also: 白)
2. black go stone
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お も ち ゃ 2
noun
toy; plaything  (often written with kana only)
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く つ 2
noun
shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
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れ ん ら く 0
1. to contact; to get in touch  (see also: ご連絡)
noun
2. contacting; getting in touch; communication; call; message  (see also: ご連絡)
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で ん ご ん 0
verbal message; word
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あ ず け る 3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to give into custody; to leave (a child) in the care of; to entrust; to deposit  (see also: 預かる)
2. to lean on; to put one's weight on
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さ が る 2
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to come down; to go down; to fall; to drop; to sink; to get lower  (opposite: 上がる)
2. to hang; to dangle
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お よ ぐ 2
'gu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to swim
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ア ル バ イ ト 3
1. part-time job; side job  (see also: パート, パートタイム; originally from German 'Arbeit')
noun
2. albite  (see also: 曹長石)
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コ ー ト 1
noun
1. coat
2. court (i.e. tennis, basketball, etc.)
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し ゅ み 1
noun
1. hobby; pastime
2. tastes; preference; liking
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さ ん ぽ 0
walk; stroll
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し あ わ せ 0
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
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あ ん し ん 0
relief; peace of mind
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お お ぜ い 3
many; crowd; great number of people
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い し ゃ 0
noun
(medical) doctor; physician  (see also: お医者さん; pol. お医者さん; sensitive)
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う ん て ん し ゅ 3
noun
driver; chauffeur
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し ん か ん せ ん 3
noun
Shinkansen; bullet train
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お う ふ く 0
1. making a round trip; going and returning; coming and going
2. round-trip ticket; return ticket  (see also: 往復切符; abbreviation)
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コ ピ ー 1
1. copy; photocopy
2. blurb on a book jacket
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お く 1
Most common form: おく
noun
interior; inner part; inside
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お も さ 0
noun
weight  (see also: 軽さ)
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し た し い 3
intimate; close (e.g. friend)
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し ゅ う り 1
repairing; mending; servicing
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カ ー ド 1
noun
1. card
2. curd
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あ い さ つ 1
1. greeting; greetings; salutation; salute; polite set phrase used when meeting or parting from somebody
2. polite set phrase used to express apology, sympathy, congratulations, etc.
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か い だ ん 0
noun
stairs; stairway; staircase
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く ば る 2
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
to distribute; to deliver; to deal (cards)
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こ と わ る 3
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to refuse; to reject; to dismiss; to turn down; to decline
2. to inform; to give notice; to tell in advance
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グ ラ ム 1
noun
gram; gramme  (often written with kana only)
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こ い 1
1. deep (colour); dark
2. strong (flavour, smell, etc.)
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こ わ す 2
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to break; to destroy; to demolish
2. to wreck; to ruin; to spoil; to damage
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さ く ら 0
noun
1. cherry tree; cherry blossom
2. decoy; fake buyer; shill  (also 偽客)
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し か た 0
noun
way; method; means; resource; course
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え 1
noun, noun (suffix)
picture; drawing; painting; sketch
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き お ん 0
noun
atmospheric temperature
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し な も の 0
noun
goods; article; thing
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す う 0
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to smoke; to breathe in; to inhale
2. to suck; to sip; to slurp
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あ ん な い 3
noun
1. information; guidance; leading
2. to guide; to show (around); to conduct
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ス キ ー 2
noun
1. skiing
2. ski; skis
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か ね も ち 3 か ね も ち 4
Most common form: かねもち
noun
rich person
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た ず ね る 3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to ask; to enquire; to inquire
2. to search; to look for; to look into; to investigate
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た た く 2
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to strike; to clap; to knock; to beat; to tap; to pat
2. to play drums
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か え り 3
noun
return; coming back
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た ま ご 2 た ま ご 0
noun
1. eggs; egg; spawn; roe  (this meaning is restricted to form 卵)
2. hen egg
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こ お り 1
noun
1. ice
2. shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)  (see also: かき氷)
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り ゅ う が く せ い 4 り ゅ う が く せ い 3
Most common form: りゅうがくせい
noun
overseas student; exchange student
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ソ フ ト 1
1. soft  (opposite: ハード)
noun
2. software  (see also: ソフトウエア; computer terminology; abbreviation)
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は い し ゃ 1
noun
dentist
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け る 1
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to kick  (orig. ichidan verb)
2. to refuse; to reject
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し く 0
Most common form: しく
1. to spread out; to lay out
2. to take a position
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ひ と と き 0
noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi), adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
1. moment; a (short) time; a while  (often written with kana only)
2. former times  (often written with kana only; this meaning is restricted to reading ひととき)
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こ う つ う じ こ 5
noun
traffic accident
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あ う 1
Most common form: あう
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to meet; to encounter; to see  (逢う is often used for close friends, etc. and may be associated with drama or pathos, 遭う may have an undesirable nuance)
2. to have an accident; to have a bad experience  (esp. 遭う when in kanji; often written with kana only)
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し ょ う た い 1
invitation
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さ く 0
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
to bloom
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は た ち 1
noun
1. 20 years old
2. twenty  (archaic)
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ぎ ん 1
Most common form: 白金
1. silver (Ag)
noun
2. silver coin; money
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う ち が わ 0
inside; interior; inner part  (opposite: 外側)
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い け 2
Most common form: いけ
noun
pond
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い し 2
noun
1. stone
2. gem; jewel
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あ い 1
Most common form: あい
noun, noun (suffix)
1. love; affection; care  (see also: 愛する)
noun
2. attachment; craving; desire  (Buddhist term)
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か 1
noun, noun (suffix)
1. lesson
2. section (in an organization); division; department
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だ い が く い ん 4
noun
graduate school
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だ い ど こ ろ 0
1. kitchen
noun
2. financial situation
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カ ラ ー 1
noun
1. collar
2. color; colour
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noun
pickpocket  (often written with kana only)
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キ ャ ン プ 1
camp
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オ ー ト バ イ 3
noun
motorcycle  (originally from 'auto-bike')
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た つ 1
Most common form: たつ
'tsu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to be erected; to be built
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さ す 1
Most common form: さす
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to pierce; to stab; to prick; to stick; to thrust
2. to sting; to bite  (see also: 螫す)
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い い か た 0
noun
way of talking; speaking style
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し ず む 0 し ず む 3
'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to sink; to go under; to submerge
2. to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to descend
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く み た て る 4 く み た て る 0
Most common form: 組立てる
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to assemble; to set up; to construct
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お そ ろ し い 4
1. terrible; dreadful; terrifying; frightening; frightened
2. surprising; startling; tremendous; amazing  (often as 恐ろしく)
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が い じ ん 0
noun
1. foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); gaijin  (see also: 邦人; sensitive; this meaning is restricted to reading がいじん)
2. outsider  (orig. meaning; archaic)
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う し 1
noun
1. cattle (Bos taurus); cow; bull; ox; calf
2. beef  (see also: 牛肉; usu. ぎゅう)
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し ょ く ど う 0
noun
1. dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; messroom
2. restaurant; eatery; snack bar; diner
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