Japanese vocabulary in the iKnow! Core 6000 list

iKnow! Japanese Core 6000 Vocab 3901-4000

This collection contains 99 words.
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1. passage; passing
2. common usage
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noun
books
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noun
city centre (center) (esp. capital city); urban centre; heart of city a metropolis
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1. eternity; perpetuity; immortality  (とわ tends to be more abstract)
2. Eikyuu era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)  (this meaning is restricted to reading えいきゅう)
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company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance
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noun
1. pipe; tube
2. channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections
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noun
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
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Most common form:
1. another place; somewhere else; strange parts  (see also: 他所; often written with kana only)
noun
2. outside (one's family or group); those people  (often written with kana only; opposite: )
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noun
1. characteristic; feature; idiosyncrasy; personal colour
2. spot color (in printing)
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in and out; coming and going; free association; income and expenditure; debits and credit
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noun
utensil; apparatus; implement; device; gadget
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'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain  (esp. 痛む)
2. to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged  (esp. 傷む)
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noun
headache
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noun
lips
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noun
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
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food; foodstuff
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gymnastics; physical exercises; calisthenics
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noun
editorial; leading article
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noun
sprout
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volcano
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freezing; cold storage; refrigeration
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noun
pilot
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Most common form: 開ける
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to unlock
2. to open (for business, etc.)
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relief; aid; rescue
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determination; resolution
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noun
sky; air
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ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be stormy; to be rough
2. to be ruined; to fall into ruin
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. corner; nook; recess
noun
2. downstage right (on a noh stage)  (see also: 目付柱; obscure term)
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countless number; infinite number; innumerable
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noun
space; interval; SPC
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noun
point; essentials; gist; summary; fundamentals
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Most common form: もち
noun
sticky rice cake  (see also: ; often written with kana only)
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noun
1. sumo wrestling  (sumo term)
2. wrestler; rikishi  (see also: 相撲取り; sumo term; abbreviation)
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1. slanting; tilted; sloping; diagonal; oblique  (see also: )
2. unusual; slanted (view of the world); bad (mood)
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'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to heel over; to be disposed to; to trend toward; to be prone to
2. to go down (sun); to wane; to sink; to decline
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modern
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noun
noun  (linguistics terminology)
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'su' godan verb, transitive verb
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
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closed (e.g. store); business suspended; shutdown; holiday
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to stop; to halt; to stand still
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noun
1. robber; mugger
2. robbery; burglary
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'gu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to rank next to; to come after
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noun
peninsula
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place name
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noun
liquid; fluid
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Most common form: どうし
verb  (linguistics terminology)
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ancestor
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Most common form:
noun
cheek (of face)
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full house; no vacancy; sold out; standing room only; full (of people); crowded
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Most common form: 弘める
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to disseminate
2. to broaden; to extend; to widen; to enlarge
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to roll; to tumble
2. to fall over; to roll over
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noun
descendants; posterity; offspring
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noun
curve
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1. perfect score; full marks
2. extremely; very; quite
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noun
water's surface
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noun
rainbow
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noun
example; illustration; precedent
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gem; jewel; precious stone
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noun
1. nest; rookery; breeding place; hive
2. den
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Most common form:
noun
1. border; boundary  (usu. さかい)
2. turning point; watershed  (often ...を境に; this meaning is restricted to reading さかい)
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noun
level of humidity
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1. repairs; maintenance; tending; trimming; grooming
2. crackdown; (police) raid
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noun
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot; tender spot  (see also: 短所)
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Most common form: 並行
1. (going) side-by-side; abreast
2. concurrent; occurring together; at the same time
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noun
humor; humour
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noun
1. printing type; movable type
2. printed text; print
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Most common form: あき
noun
1. space; room; emptiness; gap
2. opening; vacancy; empty seat
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be caught; to be arrested  (usu. 捕まる)
2. to hold on to; to grasp  (usu. 掴まる; often written with kana only)
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noun
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage  (opposite: 短所)
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noun
1. cargo; freight
2. money or assets
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ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve  (解ける is sometimes used also)
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noun
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
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taking a train, bus, etc.; entraining
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real thing; original; actual
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excess; being more than
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constantly; always; continually; steadily
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1. surgery  (see also: 内科)
2. department of surgery (hospital, etc.)
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1. cheerful; jovial; merry; lively  (opposite: 陰気)
noun
2. weather; season
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noun
mutual; reciprocal
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Most common form: わん
noun, noun (suffix)
bay; gulf; inlet
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), 'to' adverb
successively; one after another
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noun
diameter
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straight line
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1. mud; slush; (wet) dirt; mire
noun
2. thief  (see also: 泥棒; abbreviation)
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noun
1. camera shutter  (see also: シャッターチャンス)
2. shutter (door, window, etc.)
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noun
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
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noun
plain; open field
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1. clean; hygienic; sanitary
2. pure; virtuous; immaculate
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noun
shell; shellfish
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dining table
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dialect  (linguistics terminology)
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rare; seldom  (often written with kana only)
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noun
twins; twin
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1. derailment
2. digression; deviation
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friction; rubbing; rubdown; chafe
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noun
1. guest seating (e.g. theater, stadium); passenger seat (e.g. taxi)
2. audience
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noun
importance; weight; dignity; emphasis
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development; growth
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