Japanese vocabulary in the iKnow! Core 6000 list
iKnow! Japanese Core 6000 Vocab 2901-3000
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noun, 'suru' verb
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; scan (e.g. MRI, PET, etc.)(click the word for examples and links)
noun
1. person; character; figure; personage; man; woman2. one's character; one's personality
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ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to touch; to feel2. to experience; to come in contact with; to be emotionally moved (by); to perceive
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noun, 'suru' verb
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory(click the word to view an additional 2 forms, examples and links)
noun, noun (suffix)
1. use; service; role2. post; position
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noun, 'suru' verb
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at(click the word for examples and links)
Most common form: から
noun, 'no' adjective
emptiness; vacuum; blank(click the word for examples and links)
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be affected; to be influenced2. to be concerned with; to have to do with
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noun
1. company; fellow; colleague; associate; comrade; mate; group; circle of friends; partner2. member of the same category
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noun, 'suru' verb
1. sorting; arrangement; organization; putting in order; adjustment; regulation2. liquidation; settlement; consolidation; clearance (e.g. debt); paying off
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to attain (文語)2. to lead to (a place); to get to
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'na' adjective, noun, 'suru' verb
independence (e.g. Independence Day); self-support(click the word for examples and links)
irregular godan verb 'aru', intransitive verb
1. to come; to go; to be (somewhere) (sometimes erroneously written 居らっしゃる; honorific)irregular godan verb 'aru', auxiliary verb
2. is (doing); are (doing) (after a -te form, or the particle "de"; honorific)(click the word for examples and links)
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
all members (unanimity); all hands; the whole crew; everyone; everybody(click the word for examples and links)
noun, 'suru' verb
1. set2. set meal (as in ビッグマックセット)
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precisely; accurately; neatly (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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'na' adjective, noun
validity; legality; availability; effectiveness (opposite: 無効)(click the word for examples and links)
noun, 'suru' verb, 'no' adjective
concentration; convergence; centralization; integration; gathering together(click the word for examples and links)
noun, 'suru' verb
being deeply moved emotionally; excitement; passion; deep emotion; impression(click the word for examples and links)
Most common form: 過す
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to pass (time); to spend2. to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol)
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noun, 'suru' verb
1. consent; assent; agreement2. understanding; comprehension; grasp
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noun
1. stage (theatre, theater)2. scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
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noun, 'suru' verb
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse(click the word for examples and links)
noun, noun (suffix)
1. set (of items) (pronounced ぐみ as a suffix)2. group (of people); class (of students); company (esp. construction); family (i.e. mafia); team
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2. NOT operation (computer terminology)
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'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to deal with (a person); to treat; to handle; to take care of; to entertain2. to deal with (a problem); to handle; to manage
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noun, 'suru' verb
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching; update; fix(click the word for examples and links)
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noun, 'suru' verb, 'no' adjective
quotation; citation; reference(click the word for examples and links)
noun
1. line (i.e. of text); row; verse2. carya (austerities) (Buddhist term)
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'na' adjective, noun
difficulty; distress(click the word for useful expressions, examples and links)
noun, 'suru' verb
1. restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; return; replevin; improvement (this meaning is restricted to form 回復, 恢復)2. recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence (esp. 快復)
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noun
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances (often with a negative connotation)(click the word to view an additional 2 forms, examples and links)
noun
1. activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service2. to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be (animate); to be; to exist (often written with kana only; humble)'ru' godan verb, auxiliary verb
2. verb indicating continuing action or state (i.e. to be ..ing) (after the -te form of a verb)(click the word to view an additional 1 meaning and 1 form, examples and links)
Most common form: 表われる
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to come out; to embody; to materialize; to materialise2. to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
moment; second; instant(click the word for examples and links)
noun, 'suru' verb
1. (cultural) exchange; interchange; interaction; (inter-) mingling; (social, etc.) networking; intercourse2. alternating current; AC
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to pick up; to take up2. to adopt; to feature; to accept; to listen to
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noun
1. outline; main point; gist (often written with kana only)adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
2. general; substantially; approximately; about (often written with kana only)(click the word to view an additional 1 meaning, examples and links)
abrupt; sudden; unexpected; all at once
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ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for(click the word for examples and links)
'na' adjective, noun, 'suru' verb
insufficiency; shortage; deficiency; lack; dearth (opposite: 満足)(click the word to view an additional 1 reading, examples and links)
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
1. dependent upon2. as soon as; immediately (upon) (often after the -masu stem of a verb)
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noun, 'na' adjective, 'no' adjective
1. crime; sin; wrongdoing; indiscretionnoun
2. penalty; sentence; punishment(click the word to view an additional 2 meanings, useful expressions, examples and links)
noun
1. operation; management; processing2. manipulating to one's benefit
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noun, 'suru' verb
domination; rule; control; direction; guidance(click the word for examples and links)
noun, 'suru' verb
serial; consecutive; continuity; occurring in succession; continuing(click the word for examples and links)
noun
1. engine2. agency; organisation; organization; institution; organ; body
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. argument; discussion; dispute; controversy; discourse; debate2. theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine
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suffix
1. Island (in place names)noun (suffix), noun
2. insula; island; islet (sometimes read しま)(click the word for examples and links)
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