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Japanese vocabulary in the iKnow! Core 6000 list

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iKnow! Japanese Core 6000 Vocab 5901-5998

This collection contains 93 words.
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さ く 2 さ く 1
Most common form: さく
noun, noun (suffix)
plan; policy
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し ょ う べ ん 3
1. urine; piss; pee
2. breaking a contract  (colloquialism)
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ぼ う さ ん 0
noun
1. Buddhist priest; monk  (see also: お坊さん; familiar language; honorific)
2. boy  (familiar language)
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え 0
noun
1. handle; grip
2. stalk (of a mushroom, leaf, etc.)
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か ん 1
noun, noun (suffix)
pipe; tube
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し ら べ 3 し ら べ 0
noun, noun (suffix)
1. investigation; inspection; examination
2. tune; note; melody
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つ ゆ 1 つ ゆ 2
noun
1. dew
2. tears
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が っ し ょ う 0
chorus, choir; singing in a chorus; singing along, singing together
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け も の 0
noun
beast; brute; animal
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さ つ 0
Most common form: さつ
noun, noun (suffix)
note; paper money
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え き 1
noun, noun (suffix)
liquid; fluid
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が い し ょ う 0
noun
Foreign Minister
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お 1
noun
1. tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end
2. slope at the foot of a mountain
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は ま 2
noun
1. beach; seashore
2. captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones  (see also: 揚げ浜; abbreviation; often written with kana only)
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み き 1 み き 0
noun
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
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む ろ ん 0
of course; naturally
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ほ ん ご く 1
noun
one's own country
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す い で ん 0
noun
(water-filled) paddy field
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く か く 0
Most common form: 区劃
division; section; compartment; boundary; area; block
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か い き ょ う 0
noun
channel (e.g. between two land masses); strait
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き げ き 1
comedy; funny show
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く き 2
noun
stalk; stem
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さ ん み ゃ く 0
noun
mountain range
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り ょ か く 0
noun
passenger (transport)
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ぐ ん し ゅ う 0
group (of living things); crowd; community  (see also: 群衆)
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ぞ ん ざ い 3 ぞ ん ざ い 0
rude; careless; slovenly
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じ ゅ ん き ゅ う 0
noun
semi-express train; local express train; sub-express train; slower than an express (more stops)  (from 準急行列車, etc.; abbreviation)
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へ い ほ う 0
noun
square (e.g. metre); square
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む す び 0
noun
1. ending; conclusion
2. join; union; connecting
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か い り ゅ う 0
noun
ocean current
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こ と に 1
Most common form: ことに
1. especially; particularly; unusually; above all
2. additionally  (archaic)
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あ わ す 2
Most common form: 合す
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to match (rhythm, speed, etc.)  (see also: 合わせる)
2. to join together; to unite; to combine; to add up
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お り も の 0 お り も の 3 お り も の 2
noun
textile; fabric
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か ん ご 0
noun
Chinese word; Sino-Japanese word
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だ い べ ん 3
noun
feces; excrement; shit
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う ち け す 0 う ち け す 3
Most common form: 打消す
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to deny; to contradict
2. to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
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お お み ず 0
flood
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め か た 0
noun
weight
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ち ゅ う に ん 0
Most common form: 媒
noun
1. matchmaker  (esp. なこうど)
2. go-between; intermediary; middleman; mediator; intercessor  (esp. ちゅうにん)
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ふ だ 0
Most common form: 簡
noun
1. ticket; token; check; receipt
2. label; tag
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め い じ 1
noun
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
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ゆ う げ ん 0
finite; limited
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が く え ん 0
academy; campus
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マ ネ ー 1
noun
money
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つ か い 0
noun
1. errand; mission; going as envoy  (see also: 使いにやる)
2. messenger; bearer; errand boy; errand girl
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た い し ょ う 0
noun
Taisho era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25)
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こ う く う き 3
noun
aircraft; aeroplane; airplane
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も く ぞ う 0
wooden; made of wood
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ガ ー ド 1 ガ ー ド 0
1. guard
noun
2. girder bridge
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む ぎ 1
noun
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
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じ ょ う り ゅ う 0
noun
1. upper stream; upper course; upper reaches
2. upstream
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し ん と う 1
noun
Shinto; Shintoism
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か り ゅ う 0
noun
1. downstream; lower reaches of a river
2. lower classes
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い ご 1
noun
go; board game of capturing territory
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は ら い 2
noun
1. payment; bill; account
2. sweeping; clearing away
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き き て 0
Most common form: 聴き手
noun
1. hearer; listener; audience  (see also: 話し手)
2. interviewer; questioner
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か こ う 0
Most common form: 川口
mouth of river; estuary
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う ら も ん 0
Most common form: うらもん
noun
back gate
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し ひ 1
noun
private expense
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こ く ひ 1
noun
national expenditures
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あ き か ぜ 2 あ き か ぜ 3
noun
autumn breeze; fall breeze
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は き も の 0
noun
footwear; clogs
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あ さ が お 2
noun
1. Japanese morning glory (Ipomoea nil, Pharbitis nil)
2. any funnel shaped object; bell (i.e. of a trumpet); funnel-shaped urinal
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せ い よ う じ ん 3
noun
Western people
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あ ま の が わ 3
noun
Milky Way; luminous band corresponding to the plane of the galaxy  (astronomy, etc. term)
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ち ゅ う り ゅ う 0
noun
mid-stream; middle course; middle class
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よ う ま 0
noun
Western-style room
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た ん き だ い が く 4
noun
junior college; vocationally oriented two or three year post-secondary education institution
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ひ ら き 3
noun
1. opening; gap
suffix
2. dried and opened fish
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む せ い ぶ つ 2
noun
inanimate object
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ア ル ミ ニ ウ ム 4
aluminum (Al); aluminium
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が い ら い ご 0
noun
borrowed word; foreign origin word  (linguistics terminology)
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ひ ゃ っ か じ て ん 4
Most common form: 百科辞典
noun
encyclopedia; encyclopaedia
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わ ご 1
noun
native Japanese words (especially as opposed to Chinese and other foreign loanwords)
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noun
dust; dirt
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か ん だ ん け い 0 か ん だ ん け い 3
noun
thermometer
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ち ぢ み 0
noun
1. shrinkage
2. cotton crepe
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あ た た か 3 あ た た か 2
warm; mild; genial  (see also: 暖かい)
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こ じ き 0
noun
1. beggar  (sensitive)
2. begging
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さ い じ ょ う 0
best
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さ か や 0
noun
1. liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop
2. sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer
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お お む ぎ 0
Most common form: おおむぎ
noun
barley (Hordeum vulgare)
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Most common form: かん
noun, suffix
1. interval; period of time
2. among; between; inter-
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お お く ら し ょ う 4
noun
(former) Ministry of Finance (succeeded by zaimushou in 2000)  (see also: 財務省)
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こ く て つ 0
noun
national railway (esp. former Japan National Railways)  (see also: 国有鉄道, 日本国有鉄道; abbreviation)
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に っ ソ 1
Japanese-Soviet
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デ ィ ス コ 1
noun
disco  (see also: ディスコテーク; abbreviation; originally from French)
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ろ く お ん テ ー プ 5
noun
audio tape; magnetic tape
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パ ン テ ィ ー 1
Most common form: パンティ
noun
panties; panty; briefs
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ば あ さ ん 1
Most common form: 祖母さん
noun
1. grandmother  (see also: お祖母さん; usu. 祖母さん; often written with kana only)
2. old woman; female senior citizen  (see also: お婆さん; 婆さん; often written with kana only)
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ぶ ん が く し ゃ 3 ぶ ん が く し ゃ 4
noun
1. scholar of literature; literary person; man of letters
2. writer
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よ う れ い 0
noun
example; illustration
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ひ き の ば す 4
Most common form: 引伸ばす
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to stretch larger
2. to enlarge (photos)
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