Japanese vocabulary in the iKnow! Core 6000 list

iKnow! Japanese Core 6000 Vocab 4101-4200

This collection contains 100 words.
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noun
sunlight
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daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
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noun
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
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1. earth-shattering; staggering; to a very great extent  (often written with kana only)
2. terrible; frightful; horrible; ghastly  (often written with kana only)
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'su' godan verb, transitive verb
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
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noun
tropics
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Most common form: もむ
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to rub; to crumple
2. to massage
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sign; signal
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Most common form: 夜明
noun
dawn; daybreak
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able; capable; efficient; skill
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Most common form: のぞみ
noun
1. wish; desire; hope
2. prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
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noun
1. accent (in language)
2. stress; highlight; accent
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Most common form: あげる
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to raise; to elevate  (see also: 手を挙げる)
2. to do up (one's hair)  (see also: 髪を上げる)
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Most common form:
noun, noun (suffix), counter
bundle; bunch; sheaf
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noun
evening sun; setting sun  (see also: 朝日)
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ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to get dark
2. to end; to come to an end; to close; to run out
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noun
organ (musical instrument)  (originally from Portuguese 'órgão')
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noun
1. loan; lending
2. favor; favour; debt; obligation
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'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to sew; to stitch
2. to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
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Most common form: 儲ける
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to profit; to get; to earn; to gain
2. to have (bear, beget) a child
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Most common form: 伸びる
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to stretch; to extend; to lengthen; to spread
2. to make progress; to grow (beard, body height)
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ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to peel off; to come off; to be taken off
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Most common form:
noun
1. light; illumination; glow; gleam  (this meaning is restricted to form 明かり, 明り)
2. lamp; light  (see also: 明かりを消す)
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
lately; recently; nowadays
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noun
temperature; body temperature (human, animal)
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noun
1. the number of flat things
2. win-loss difference which influences the ranking of wrestlers  (sumo term)
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both sides
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noun
prefectural office
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noun
fat; tallow; lard; grease  (see also: )
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'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
to hate; to detest
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noun
scene; view; prospect; outlook
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index; indices; indexes
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
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1. more; much more; still more; all the more
noun
2. step; rung; level; rank
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noun
clothes
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noun
helicopter
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at once; in a moment; suddenly; all at once; quickly; promptly; immediately  (often written with kana only)
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'gu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder
2. to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative
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noun
1. emergency; unlikely event  (lit. 1 in 10,000)
2. by some chance; by some possibility
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1. sizes (various); large and small
2. daisho (matched pair of long and short swords)
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noun
gist; main point
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Most common form: まっ先
noun
the head; the foremost; beginning; the very front
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1. dull (e.g. a knife); blunt  (this meaning is restricted to reading にぶい)
2. thickheaded; obtuse; stupid  (のろい is usu. in kana)
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bride  (opposite: 花婿)
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Most common form: 向い
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to hurt
2. to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict; to distress; to bother; to trouble; to stump; to baffle
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(not so) much; (not) very  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: なくす
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to lose something  (often written with kana only)
2. to get rid of  (usu. 無くす; often written with kana only)
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noun
speed (per hour)
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disinfection; sterilization; sterilisation
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noun
1. efficiency
2. moment (i.e. magnetic moment)  (see also: モーメント)
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noun
moisture; humidity; dampness
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noun
wheat
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Ichidan verb - zuru verb (alternative form of -jiru verbs), intransitive verb
1. to produce; to yield; to cause  (see also: 生じる; 生ずる is more literary than 生じる)
2. to result from; to arise; to be generated  (see also: 生じる)
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to button; to put on (something that envelops, e.g. gloves, ring)  (often written with kana only)
2. to have sex; to fuck  (colloquialism)
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clear weather; cloudless weather; good weather
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1. confident; assured; self-assured; firm; strong; cocksure
2. bullish (e.g. market)  (see also: 弱気)
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'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on
2. to despise; to look down on  (see also: 見下す)
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noun
chain; chains
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noun
ancestor
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to dive (into or under water)
2. to get under; to get into; to get in; to creep into; to crawl under; to bury oneself; to burrow into; to dig oneself into; to snuggle under
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noun
1. fence
2. wall
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noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi), 'no' adjective, noun (suffix)
1. sunset; sundown; nightfall; dusk  (opposite: 明け)
2. end; close
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Most common form: 吠える
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to bark; to bay; to howl; to bellow; to roar; to cry
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noun
balloon (esp. small, toy variety)  (see also: 気球)
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noun
draw (in competition); tie game
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'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
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noun
rice plant
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noun
1. safe; strongbox; cashbox; vault; strongroom
2. depository; cash office; treasury; provider of funds
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
to comfort; to console; to amuse
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noun
1. sumi; India ink; Chinese ink; ink stick; ink-cake
2. squid ink; octopus ink
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noun
nail (i.e. small metal spike)
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noun
1. outward appearance
2. apparent
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noun
electrical outlet; wall socket; power plug  (originally from 'concentric plug')
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noun
perfume
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'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to mark off; to cut off  (esp. 区切る)
2. to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)  (esp. 句切る)
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noun
1. news; word; tidings; notice; notification; information  (see also: お知らせ)
2. omen
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'su' godan verb, transitive verb
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home  (see also: 返す)
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noun
garden shrubs; trees; potted plant
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'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to throw; to toss; to fling
2. to throw away; to discard  (regional dialect: Kansai-ben)
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noun
1. noise (jarring, grating)
2. gossip; irresponsible criticism
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in the middle; half-way
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noun
1. locker
2. rocker  (see also: ロックスター)
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noun
1. surname; family name
2. hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)  (see also: ; this meaning is restricted to reading せい)
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noun
engineer; technician
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1. nimble-fingered; dexterous; dextrous; skillful (with the fingers); skilful; handy
2. clever; shrewd; ingenious
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noun
prize; trophy
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holding a meeting; open an exhibition
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noun
member of the Diet, congress or parliament
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equipment; installation; apparatus; device; unit
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1. passage through (e.g. train skipping a station); transit
2. passing (e.g. exam, bill through parliament)
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
1. up to now; so far
2. traditional; conventional; usual; existing
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diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
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existence; being
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noun
Showa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7)
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1. noisy; boisterous
2. turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
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noun
meeting; greeting; welcome
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Most common form: 務め
noun
1. service; duty; business; responsibility; task
2. Buddhist religious services
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noun
1. home area; home town
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