Japanese vocabulary in the Routledge 5000 frequency list
Routlege 5000 Vocab 401-500
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to begin; to start; to commence2. to happen (again); to begin (anew)
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2. to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to look dead
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
now; this time; lately(click the word for examples and links)
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
1. avenue; street; way; road2. coming and going; street traffic
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noun
subject; contents; matter; substance; detail; import(click the word for examples and links)
noun
1. tree; shrub; bush2. wood; timber
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. spot; mark2. point; dot
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noun
1. nature'na' adjective, noun
2. natural; spontaneous(click the word to view an additional 1 meaning, examples and links)
noun, noun (suffix)
1. sound; noise; report2. note (music term)
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to grant; to confer; to present; to award2. to provide; to afford; to offer; to supply
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'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to work; to labor; to labour2. to function; to operate; to be effective; to work (i.e. ... works); to come into play
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'na' adjective, adverb, noun, 'no' adjective
1. amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic)2. full
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noun, 'no' adjective, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
1. near; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity (see also: 近い)noun (suffix)
2. nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to(click the word to view an additional 1 meaning, examples and links)
2. in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run; when all is said and done; what it all comes down to; when you get right down to it; basically (often written with kana only)
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2. absolute; unconditional; unmistakable
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noun
Japanese person; Japanese people(click the word to view an additional 1 reading and 2 forms, examples and links)
'na' adjective, noun
1. important; necessary; indispensable2. beloved; precious; dear; cherished; valuable
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noun
1. foot (esp. 足)2. leg (esp. 脚,肢)
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suffix, 'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to cut; to cut through; to perform (surgery)2. to sever (connections, ties) (see also: 縁を切る)
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to run2. to travel (movement of vehicles); to drive
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'tsu' godan verb, transitive verb, intransitive verb
1. to wait (this meaning is restricted to form 待つ)2. to await; to look forward to; to anticipate
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noun, adverb
2. steps; stairs; staircase; terrace(click the word to view an additional 2 forms, examples and links)
to enjoy (oneself)
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many; much; largely; abundantly; mostly
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ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to lie down2. to go to bed; to lie in bed
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noun, 'no' adjective
English (language)(click the word to view an additional 2 forms, examples and links)
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one's mind; to resolve; to set one's heart on; to settle; to arrange; to set; to appoint; to fix2. to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match)
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)(click the word for useful expressions, examples and links)
noun
1. mouth2. opening; hole; gap; orifice
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'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to send (a thing); to dispatch; to despatch; to transmit2. to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person)
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noun
1. figure; form; shape2. appearance; dress; guise
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing (often written with kana only)2. to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to be reduced to zero; to not occur any more (often written with kana only)
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'na' adjective, noun
1. reverse; opposite2. converse (of a hypothesis, etc.)
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to persevere; to persist; to keep at it; to hang on; to hold out; to do one's best2. to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion)
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'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to tell; to exemplify; to make apparent2. to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.)
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Most common form: 人人
noun, 'no' adjective
each person; people; men and women; everybody(click the word to view an additional 1 reading and 3 forms, examples and links)
noun
1. thought2. imagination; mind; heart
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conjunction
1. moreover; furthermore (often written with kana only)2. nevertheless; and yet (often written with kana only)
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1. difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.)
2. fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased
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pronoun, 'no' adjective
they (usually male); them(click the word to view an additional 2 forms, examples and links)
noun, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (suffix)
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about; approximately(click the word for examples and links)
expression, 'i' adjective
is not; am not; are not (negation of である; often written with kana only)(click the word to view an additional 1 form, examples and links)
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to desire; to wish; to hope2. to beg; to request; to implore; to pray
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Most common form: 向う
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to face2. to go towards; to head towards
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to change; to alter; to transform; to convert; to turn; to vary2. to reform; to revise; to amend
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noun
1. influence; effect2. to influence; to affect; to have an influence on; to impact; to have an effect on
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noun
1. year2. age; years
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noun
1. flower; blossom; bloom; petal2. cherry blossom
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to want; to wish for2. to request; to demand
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noun
1. information; news; intelligence; advices2. information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
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auxiliary verb, 'u' godan verb
2. to get somebody to do something (follows a verb in "-te" form; often written with kana only)(click the word to view an additional 1 form, examples and links)
Most common form: ダメ
'na' adjective, noun
1. no good; not serving its purpose; useless; broken (often written with kana only)2. hopeless; wasted; in vain; purposeless (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: たつ
'tsu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to pass; to lapse(click the word for examples and links)
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat; one inning(click the word to view an additional 3 forms, examples and links)
1. plenty; enough; sufficient; satisfactory; adequate
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'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb, transitive verb
1. to open; to undo; to unseal; to unpack2. to bloom; to unfold; to spread out
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ichidan verb, transitive verb, auxiliary verb
to continue; to keep up; to keep on(click the word for examples and links)
'na' adjective, noun
important; momentous; essential; principal; major(click the word for examples and links)
conjunction
such ... as; or some such (often written with kana only)(click the word to view an additional 1 form, examples and links)
Most common form: 当る
2. to touch; to be in contact; to be affixed
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to recognize; to recognise; to observe; to notice2. to deem; to judge; to assess
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pronoun, 'no' adjective
these (often written with kana only)(click the word to view an additional 4 forms, examples and links)
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to increase; to multiply(click the word to view an additional 2 forms, examples and links)
noun
1. outside; exterior2. open air
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'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to advance; to go forward2. to precede; to go ahead (of)
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ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to get up; to rise; to blaze up (fire)2. to wake up; to be awake; to stay awake
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Most common form: いや
'na' adjective, noun
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant(click the word to view an additional 1 reading and 5 forms, examples and links)
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