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Japanese vocabulary in the Routledge 5000 frequency list

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Routlege 5000 Vocab 1501-1600

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つ い に 1
1. finally; at last  (often written with kana only)
2. in the end  (with a verb in negative form; often written with kana only)
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ぐ あ い 0
Most common form: 具合い
noun
condition; state; manner; health
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は 1
noun
tooth
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ベ ッ ド 1
noun
bed
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ぶ じ 0
safety; peace; quietness  (see also: 無事に)
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し ん た い 1
noun
body; physical system; person  (see also: 体)
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な ん ね ん 1
noun
what year; how many years
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ほ し 0
noun
1. star; any light-emitting (or reflecting) heavenly body (except for the sun and the moon)
2. offender; perpetrator  (esp. ホシ; slang)
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け い た い で ん わ 5
mobile telephone; cellular telephone
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さ と う 2
noun
sugar
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き れ る 2
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to break; to snap; to be cut; to split; to crack
2. to be injured
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い じ 1
maintenance; preservation; improvement
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た か さ 1
noun
1. height; altitude; elevation; level  (see also: 高い)
2. altitude; height  (mathematics)
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た い よ う 1
noun
sun; solar
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か い じ ょ う 0
noun
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
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す て き 0
lovely; dreamy; beautiful; great; fantastic; superb; cool; capital
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ゆ 1
noun
1. hot water  (see also: 水)
2. hot bath; hot spring
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そ も そ も 1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
1. in the first place; to begin with; from the start; originally; ab initio  (often written with kana only)
conjunction
2. ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?")  (see also: 一体; often written with kana only)
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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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ワ イ ン 1
noun
wine
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こ う こ う せ い 0
noun
senior high school student
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イ ベ ン ト 0
noun
event
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ふ つ か 0
noun
1. second day of the month
2. two days
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う れ る 0
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to sell (well)  (see also: 売る)
2. to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
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す く な く と も 3 す く な く と も 2
at least
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べ い こ く 0
noun
America; USA
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し ゅ う い 1
1. surroundings; environs
2. circumference
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う か が う 0
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to ask; to inquire; to hear; to be told  (humble)
2. to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior)
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ひ っ こ す 3
Most common form: 引越す
'su' godan verb, intransitive verb
to move (house); to change residence
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noun
twenty years  (archaic)
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た ま る 0
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up  (often written with kana only)
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せ い し ん て き 0
mental; emotional
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ち ゅ う が っ こ う 3
noun
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
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な か よ く 1
Most common form: 仲好く
1. on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; happily; peacefully
2. to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
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い い か た 0
noun
way of talking; speaking style
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バ ラ ン ス 0 バ ラ ン ス 1
balance
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noun
five years
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あ ん て い 0
stability; equilibrium
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か ん せ い 0
1. complete; completion
2. perfection; accomplishment
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わ が や 1
Most common form: 我家
expression, noun
one's house; one's home; one's family
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み か け る 0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
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ひ ろ げ る 0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to spread; to extend; to expand; to enlarge; to widen; to broaden  (this meaning is restricted to form 広げる, 拡げる)
2. to unfold; to open; to unroll; to unwrap
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さ ん こ う 0
reference; consultation  (see also: 参考にする)
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た と え 0
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing; supposing that; -ever  (often paired with ても, でも, and とも; often written with kana only)
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う け と る 3
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to receive; to get; to accept
2. to take; to interpret; to understand
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つ め た い 0 つ め た い 3
1. cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; freezing  (opposite: 熱い)
2. coldhearted; unfeeling
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の ぞ む 0 の ぞ む 2
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to desire
2. to wish for; to expect
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て き よ う 0
applying (e.g. a technology); adoption
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し ゅ う き ょ う 1
noun
1. religion; religious affiliation; belief; faith; creed
2. religious activity
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noun
(period of) one year
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は ん い 1
noun
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
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せ っ す る 3 せ っ す る 0
suru verb - special class, intransitive verb
1. to touch; to come in contact with; to border on; to adjoin; to be adjacent; to be close
2. to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to serve; to take care of; to look after; to deal with; to see
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も ど す 2
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to put back; to return; to give back; to restore (to a previous state, e.g. defrosting, reconstituting, reconciling); to turn back (e.g. clock hand)
2. to vomit; to throw up
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す っ か り 3
all; completely; thoroughly  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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て い か 0
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
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せ い じ 0
noun
politics; government
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な ん ら 1
Most common form: 何等
adverb, noun
1. whatever; what; what sort of; any kind of
2. nothing whatever (with neg. verb)
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と り く む 3 と り く む 0
'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to tackle; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to come to grips with; to make effort; to strive for; to deal with
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よ ゆ う 0
noun
1. surplus; margin; leeway; room; time; allowance; flexibility; scope; rope
2. composure; placidity; complacency; calm
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パ リ 1
Paris (France)  (often written with kana only)
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expression
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding (formal literary form of で)  (often written with kana only)
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お く さ ん 1
noun
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam  (honorific)
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お く れ る 0
Most common form: 後れる
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind schedule; to be overdue  (see also: 遅刻)
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た ん と う 0
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
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こ う じ ょ う 0
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
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き か い 2
noun
1. machine; mechanism
2. instrument; appliance; apparatus  (often 器械)
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よ る 0
Most common form: よる
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to approach; to draw near; to come near; to be close to
2. to gather (in one place); to come together; to meet
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と し 1
town; city; municipal; urban
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ひ よ う 1
noun
cost; expense
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う ん て ん 0
1. operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; running; run
2. driving
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き じ 1
noun
1. cloth; fabric; material; texture
2. one's true character
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さ あ 1
conjunction, interjection (kandoushi)
1. come; come now; come along; go on; hurry up
2. well; who knows; I don't know...; uh; hmm
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expression
not just ... (but also ..)  (see also: のみならず)
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よ そ う 0
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
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い っ そ う 1 い っ そ う 0
1. much more; still more; all the more; more than ever
2. single layer (or storey, etc.)
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だ ん な 0
noun
1. master (of a house, shop, etc.)
2. husband (informal)
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へ る 1
Most common form: 歴る
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to pass; to elapse; to go by
2. to pass through; to go through
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そ ろ う 2
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to become complete; to be all present; to be a full set; to have everything at one's disposal
2. to be equal; to be uniform
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さ げ る 2
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to hang; to suspend; to wear (e.g. decoration)
2. to lower; to reduce; to bring down
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さ そ う 0
Most common form: さそう
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to invite; to ask; to call (for)  (いざなう is arch)
2. to tempt; to lure; to induce
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か さ ね る 0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to pile up; to put something on top of another; to stack up
2. to repeat many times over; to go through something repeatedly
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さ い よ う 0
1. use; adoption; acceptance
2. appointment; employment; engagement; recruitment
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か か く 0 か か く 1
noun
price; value; cost
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か ざ る 0
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
to decorate; to ornament; to adorn
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Most common form: ガン
noun
cancer  (often written with kana only)
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し ゅ う 1
noun, noun (suffix)
week
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ほ そ い 2
1. thin; slender; fine
2. unlucky (billiards slang)  (slang)
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な お る 2
Most common form: 治る
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be cured; to get well; to be healed  (esp. 治る)
2. to get mended; to be repaired; to be fixed  (esp. 直る)
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た ん じ ゅ ん 0
simplicity; simple; uncomplicated  (opposite: 複雑)
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フ ァ ッ ク ス 1
noun
facsimile; FAX  (see also: ファクシミリ)
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ア ル バ イ ト 3
1. part-time job; side job  (see also: パート, パートタイム; originally from German 'Arbeit')
noun
2. albite  (see also: 曹長石)
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き た 0 き た 2
Most common form: きた
noun
1. north
2. the North; northern territories
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い っ し ょ う 0
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi), 'no' adjective
1. whole life; a lifetime; all through life; one existence; a generation; an age; the whole world; the era
2. (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
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フ ァ ン 1
noun
1. fan
2. fun
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お よ ぶ 0 お よ ぶ 2
'bu' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to reach; to amount to; to befall; to happen to; to extend; to go on (for, until)
2. to be up to the task; to come up to
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ち ょ う し 0
noun
1. tune; tone; key; pitch; time; rhythm
2. vein; mood; way; manner; style; knack
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き じ ゅ ん 0
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
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