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Japanese vocabulary in the iKnow! Core 6000 list

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iKnow! Japanese Core 6000 Vocab 901-1000

This collection contains 100 words.
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な に か 1 な に か 0
expression
something
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む こ う 0 む こ う 2
noun
1. opposite side; other side; opposite direction
2. over there; that way; far away; beyond
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ま ん な か 0
noun
middle; centre; center; mid-way
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と お く 0 と お く 3
'no' adjective, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
far away; distant; at a distance; distant place; by far
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よ こ 0
noun
1. horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down  (see also: 横になる)
2. side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; breadth  (see also: 首を横に振る)
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つ ま ら な い 3
1. dull; uninteresting; boring; tedious  (often written with kana only)
2. insignificant; unimportant; trifling; trivial; worthless  (often written with kana only)
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す ば ら し い 4
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
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ま い と し 0
noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
every year; yearly; annually
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ら い げ つ 1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
next month
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に ち じ 1
noun
date and time
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ゆ う が た 0
Most common form: 夕がた
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
evening; dusk  (see also: 明け方)
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と お る 1
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to go by; to go past; to go along; to travel along; to pass through; to use (a road); to take (a route); to go via; to go by way of
2. to run (between); to operate (between); to connect  (of public transport)
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じ ど う し ゃ 2 じ ど う し ゃ 0
noun
automobile
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な れ る 2
Most common form: なれる
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become familiar with  (esp. 慣れる)
2. to become skilled in; to become experienced at  (esp. 慣れる)
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と る 1
Most common form: とる
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to take (a photo)  (esp. 撮る)
2. to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)  (esp. 録る)
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や っ と 0 や っ と 3
1. at last; at length  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
2. barely; narrowly; just; by the skin of one's teeth  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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ど ん ど ん 1
1. drumming (noise)  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
2. rapidly; steadily
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な ら べ る 0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to line up; to set up; to arrange in a line
2. to enumerate; to itemize
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に げ る 2
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to escape; to run away
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わ た す 0
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to traverse
2. to lay across; to build across
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ね だ ん 0
noun
price; cost
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り ょ う ほ う 3 り ょ う ほ う 0
both; both sides; both parties  (see also: 片方)
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や く そ く 0
1. promise; agreement; arrangement; one's word; contract; pact; appointment; engagement; date
2. convention; rule
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い ち ぶ 2
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
1. one part; one portion; one section; some
2. one copy (e.g. of a document)
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ラ ジ オ 1
noun
radio
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に ゅ う い ん 0
hospitalization; hospitalisation
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ニ ュ ー ス 1
noun
news
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り ょ こ う 0
travel; trip
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よ う い 1
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
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の び る 0
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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パ ー テ ィ ー 1
noun
party
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ビ ー ル 1
noun
beer  (see also: 麦酒; ビール is sometimes written as 麦酒; originally from Dutch 'bier', eng)
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は や く 1
1. early; soon
2. quickly; swiftly; rapidly; fast
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ば ん ぐ み 0 ば ん ぐ み 4 ば ん ぐ み 3
noun
program (e.g. TV); programme
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ビ デ オ 1
Most common form: ヴィデオ
noun
video
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ふ や す 2
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
to increase; to add to; to augment  (opposite: 減らす)
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ふ る 2
Most common form: ふる
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to wave; to shake; to swing
2. to sprinkle; to throw (dice)
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む か え る 0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to go out to meet
2. to receive; to welcome; to greet; to salute; to hail; to reach; to approach; to enter (a phase, era, etc.)
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む り 1
1. unreasonable; unnatural; unjustifiable
2. impossible
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め ず ら し い 4
1. unusual; rare; curious
2. new; novel
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ゆ う め い 0
1. famous
noun
2. fame
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よ ろ こ ぶ 3
1. to be delighted; to be glad; to be pleased
2. to congratulate
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り ゅ う が く 0
Most common form: りゅうがく
studying abroad (usu. at university level)
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り ょ う り 1
1. cooking; cookery; cuisine
2. dealing with something; handling; administration; management  (nuance of doing it easily)
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や さ い 0
vegetable
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わ か れ る 3
Most common form: 分れる
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to branch; to fork; to diverge  (also written as 岐れる)
2. to separate; to split; to divide
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と く べ つ 0
special
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り ゆ う 0
noun
reason; pretext; motive
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じ ゆ う 2
expression, 'na' adjective, noun
freedom; liberty; as it pleases you
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ほ う こ う 0
noun
1. direction; orientation; bearing; way
2. course (e.g. of action)
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の こ る 2
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to remain; to be left
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ビ ル 1
noun
1. multi-floor building; multi-storey building  (see also: ビルディング; abbreviation)
2. bill
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ま と め る 0 ま と め る 4
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to collect; to put (it all) together; to integrate; to consolidate; to unify  (often written with kana only)
2. to summarize; to aggregate  (often written with kana only)
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な が れ る 3
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to run (ink)
2. to be washed away; to be carried
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セ ー タ ー 1
Most common form: セエター
noun
sweater; jumper
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シ ャ ツ 1
noun
1. shirt (underwear); undershirt; singlet  (also written as 襯衣)
2. shirt (outerwear, esp. dress shirt)
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せ ん た く 0
washing; laundry
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ま ち が え る 4 ま ち が え る 3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation)
2. to confuse; to mistake something for something else
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ア イ ス ク リ ー ム 5
noun
ice cream; icecream
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か わ く 2
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
to get dry
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さ め る 2
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to become cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to come down (fever)
2. to cool down (interest); to abate; to subside; to dampen
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い ろ い ろ 0
Most common form: いろいろ
1. various  (often written with kana only)
2. various colors (colours)  (archaic)
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も っ て い く 0
Most common form: 持っていく
expression, irregular godan verb 'iku/yuku'
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
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き が え る 3
to change one's clothes
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せ っ け ん 0
Most common form: 石けん
noun
soap
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や き ゅ う 0
noun
baseball
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ち ゅ う し ょ く 0
noun
1. lunch; midday meal
2. food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)  (usu. 中食)
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ち ょ う し ょ く 0
noun
breakfast
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ね む る 0
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to sleep (not necessarily lying down)  (see also: 寝る)
2. to die
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は じ め 0
Most common form: 始め
noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi), adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
1. beginning; start; outset; opening
noun
2. first (in line, etc.)  (esp. 初め)
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ひ 1
noun, noun (suffix)
fire; flame; blaze
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に し 0
noun
west
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ひ が し 0
noun
east
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み な み 0
noun
south
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ゆ う し ょ く 0
noun
evening meal; dinner
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な か な か 0
1. very; considerably; easily; readily; fairly; quite; highly; rather  (often written with kana only)
2. by no means (with negative verb); not readily  (often written with kana only)
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は げ ま す 3
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
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な み だ 1
Most common form: 泪
noun
1. tear; tears; lachrymal secretion
2. sympathy
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ゆ め 2
noun
dream
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し ょ く ば 0 し ょ く ば 3
noun
one's post; place of work; workplace
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と な り 0
Most common form: となり
neighbor (neighbour); next to (esp. living next door to)
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マ ン シ ョ ン 1
noun
condominium (often mid-rise or high-rise concrete); apartment building; apartment house; apartment; flat  (originally from eng 'mansion')
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エ レ ベ ー タ ー 3
noun
1. elevator; lift
2. elevator (aviation)  (see also: 昇降舵)
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ま ど 1
noun
window
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お す 0
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to push; to press  (this meaning is restricted to form 押す)
2. to apply pressure from above; to press down  (this meaning is restricted to form 押す, 圧す)
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に ゅ う が く 0
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.)
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と 0
Most common form: 門
noun
1. door (esp. Japanese-style)  (see also: 扉; this meaning is restricted to form 戸)
2. shutter; window shutter
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と お り 3 と お り 1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
1. avenue; street; way; road
2. coming and going; street traffic
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な く な る 0
Most common form: なくなる
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to die
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ふ う ふ 0 ふ う ふ 1
noun
1. married couple; spouses; husband and wife; couple; pair
noun (prefix)
2. his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)  (see also: 夫婦茶碗; this meaning is restricted to reading めおと)
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じ ょ せ い 0
1. woman; female
2. feminine gender  (linguistics terminology; this meaning is restricted to reading じょせい)
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も り 0
noun
1. forest
2. shrine grove  (see also: 鎮守の杜; esp. 杜)
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ト ラ ッ ク 2
1. truck
2. track (running, CD, DVD, etc.)
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レ コ ー ド 2
noun
1. record (e.g. LP)
2. record (e.g. athletics)
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ね つ 2
noun
1. heat
2. fever; temperature
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ペ ー ジ 0
noun
page  (頁 is sometimes ぺえじ or ぺいじ; often written with kana only)
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お ど る 0
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)  (see also: 舞う, 躍る)
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な が さ 1
noun
length
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あ つ さ 0
noun
thickness
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ひ み つ 0
1. secret; secrecy; confidentiality; privacy
2. secret; mystery
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