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Most useful words for each reading of every Jōyō kanji

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Kanji Usefulness Level 5 601-700 Vocab

This collection contains 148 words.
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ぼ く め つ 0
eradication; extermination; destruction; suppression
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さ ん か い 0
noun
mountain mass
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か た ま り 0
noun
1. lump; mass; bundle; clump; clod; cluster
2. group; crowd
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し め る 2
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to strangle; to constrict
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こ う さ つ 0
strangulation; strangling
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し ぼ る 2
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze  (esp. 絞る)
2. to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to extract; to milk; to express milk  (esp. 搾る)
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り こ う 0
performance; fulfillment; fulfilment; discharge; implementation
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は く 0
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to put on (or wear) lower-body clothing (i.e. pants, skirt, etc.); to put on (or wear) footwear  (usu 履く or 穿く)
2. to affix a sword to one's hip  (usu. 佩く or 帯く)
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な え 1
noun
seedling
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い も 2
Most common form: いも
noun
1. tuber; taro; potato
2. yokel; bumpkin  (derogatory)
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じ ょ う だ ん 3
jest; joke; funny story  (see also: 笑談; じょうだん is sometimes written 笑談)
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と う す い 0
intoxication
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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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し ょ う れ い 0
encouragement; promotion; inducement; incitement; stimulation
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ち ん し ゃ 1
apology
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さ る 1
noun
1. monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; non-human primate  (see also: ニホンザル; often written with kana only)
2. sly person  (derogatory)
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や え ん 0
noun
wild monkey
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く ず ゆ 2
Most common form: くず湯
noun
kudzu starch gruel
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Most common form: かさ
noun
umbrella; parasol
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さ ん か 1
noun
affiliated with; under jurisdiction of; under the umbrella
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ひ が さ 2
noun
sunshade; parasol
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お と る 0 お と る 2
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
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ひ れ つ 0
mean; foul play; cowardly; base
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て っ か い 0
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
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お う だ 1
hit; strike; blow
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な ぐ る 2
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
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む じ ゅ ん 0
contradiction; inconsistency
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た て 1
noun
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
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お と ろ え る 4 お と ろ え る 3
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither; to waste away
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す い た い 0
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
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た き 1
Most common form: たき
noun
1. waterfall
2. rapids  (archaic)
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い あ ん 0
solace; relaxation
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な ぐ さ め る 4
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to comfort; to console; to amuse
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へ び 0
noun
1. snake  (じゃ is more associated with serpent and large snakes)
2. serpent; large snake
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じ ゃ の め 0
noun
1. bull's-eye (pattern); double ring (pattern)
2. umbrella with bull's-eye pattern  (see also: 蛇の目傘; abbreviation)
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だ こ う 0
meandering; crawling
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け っ ぺ き 0
fastidiousness; love of cleanliness
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く せ 2
Most common form: くせ
noun
1. habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency
2. peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; mannerism
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く ち ぐ せ 0
noun
way of saying; favorite phrase; favourite phrase
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う る む 2
'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be wet; to be moist
2. to get dim; to become blurred; to get cloudy; to get muddy; to be bleared
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し つ じ ゅ ん 0
damp; moist; humid
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う る お い 0 う る お い 3
noun
1. moisture; damp; wetness
2. richness; warmth; gain; profit
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は ち 2
noun
1. bowl; pot; basin
2. flowerpot
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う え き ば ち 3
noun
flowerpot; plant pot
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た わ む れ 0
noun
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest; flirtation
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ぎ き ょ く 0
play; drama
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い ち ょ う 0
stomach; gastrointestine
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へ ん け ん 0
noun
prejudice; narrow view; bias
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か た よ る 3
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to be one-sided; to incline; to be partial; to be prejudiced; to lean; to be biased; to be biassed
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び ょ う そ う 0
focus; nidus; lesion  (medicine, etc. term)
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す 1 す 0
noun
1. nest; rookery; breeding place; hive
2. den
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え ん か い 0
party; banquet
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げ ん し ろ 3
noun
atomic reactor; nuclear reactor
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む ね 2
noun
1. ridge (of roof)  (often むな as a prefix)
2. back of a sword  (see also: 刀背)
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じ ょ う と う 0
noun
raising the ridgepole
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む な ぎ 0
noun
ridgepole; ridge beam
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ほ ら 2 ほ ら 1
noun
cave; den; grotto
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く う ど う 0
noun
1. cave; hollow; cavity
2. hollow
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し ゅ り ょ う 0
hunting
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て ん の う へ い か 5
noun
His Majesty the Emperor
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へ い か 1
pronoun, noun (suffix)
your Majesty; his Majesty; her Majesty  (honorific)
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と う じ き 3
noun
porcelain; china; chinaware; ceramics; pottery
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い さ ぎ よ い 4
1. gracious (defeat, apology, etc.); graceful; honourable (e.g. death); noble; gallant; brave; manly; sportsmanlike
2. upright; righteous; honest; pure (heart); innocent  (CODE dated MISSING!)
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せ い け つ 0
1. clean; hygienic; sanitary
2. pure; virtuous; immaculate
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け っ ぱ く 0
innocence (i.e. not guilty); purity; uprightness
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ま く 2
noun
membrane; film
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と ぼ し い 3
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up; lacking; scanty; poor
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ふ し ょ う じ 2 ふ し ょ う じ 0
noun
scandal; deplorable event
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そ う そ ふ 3
Most common form: 曾祖父
noun
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
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み ぞ う 0 み ぞ う 2
unprecedented; unheard of
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ほ そ う 0
pavement; road surface
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て ん ぽ 1
noun
shop; store
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ち ゅ う せ ん 0
lottery; raffle; drawing (of lots)
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と ば く 0
gambling
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か け る 2
Most common form: かける
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
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い っ か つ 0
all together; batch; one lump; one bundle; summing up
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か っ こ 1
Most common form: カッコ
parentheses; brackets  (often written with kana only)
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ぎ せ い 0
noun
victim; sacrifice; scapegoat
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そ ま つ 1
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby  (see also: お粗末)
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あ ら い 0
coarse; rough
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い や し い 3 い や し い 0
1. lowborn; humble; lowly
2. vulgar; coarse; crude; mean; base; vile
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は る 0
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to stick; to paste; to affix  (esp. 貼る)
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb, transitive verb
2. to stretch; to spread; to strain; to tighten; to put up (tent)
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ち ょ う ふ 1 ち ょ う ふ 0
pasting; sticking; attaching; affixing; appending
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ら ち 1
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
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は ん せ ん 0
noun
sailing ship; sailing boat; sailing vessel
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ほ 1
noun
sail
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さ し え 0 さ し え 2
noun
illustration (e.g. book); picture
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そ う に ゅ う 0
insertion; incorporation; infixing
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さ し き 3
noun
cutting; planting
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ひ る が え す 3
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to turn over; to turn around  (see also: 身を翻す)
2. to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to take back (one's words)
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ひ つ じ 0
noun
sheep (Ovis aries)
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よ う も う 0
wool
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ま く ら 1
Most common form: まくら
noun, noun (suffix)
1. pillow; bolster
2. introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
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さ っ か く 0
1. optical illusion; hallucination
2. misapprehension; delusion
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け ん そ ん 0
humble; humility; modesty; being humble
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し ゅ ざ ん 2
noun
calculation with abacus
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し ん じ ゅ 0
noun
pearl
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た く わ え る 4 た く わ え る 3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to store; to lay in stock
2. to have a beard; to grow a beard
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ち く せ き 0
accumulation; accumulate; store
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か い た く 0
1. reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; opening up (e.g. new market)
2. pioneering; pathfinding; trail-blazing
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た い こ 0
drum
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つ づ み 1
noun
hand drum
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じ ゅ ん す い 0
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
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い き 0
1. chic; smart; stylish; tasteful; refined; sophisticated; worldly  (いき is also written as 意気; opposite: 野暮)
2. considerate; understanding; sympathetic
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た い い 1
noun
captain (Army, U.S. Marine Corps, USAF); lieutenant (Navy); flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)  (pron. だいい in ref. to the old Japanese navy)
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こ う ご う 3
(Japanese) empress; queen
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ね ん ど 1
noun
clay
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ね ば る 2
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be sticky; to be adhesive
2. to persevere; to persist; to stick to; to hold out; to linger
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じ ょ こ う 0
going slowly
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え つ ら く 0
enjoyment; pleasure
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た ん の う 0 た ん の う 1
1. proficient; skillful  (see also: 堪能:たんのう; this meaning is restricted to form 堪能)
2. patience; perseverance; fortitude  (orig. meaning; Buddhist term)
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か ん む り 0
noun
1. cap (esp. a traditional cap worn with sokutai or ikan clothing); crown; diadem; coronet  (see also: 衣冠, 束帯)
2. top kanji radical  (this meaning is restricted to reading かんむり)
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お う か ん 0
1. crown; diadem
2. bottle cap
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ゆ か い 1
pleasant; happy
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に ょ う 1
noun
urine  (しい,しし, and しと are primarily children's words)
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が く か ん せ つ 3
noun
jaw joint; temporomandibular joint; TMJ  (anatomical term)
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あ ご 2
chin; jaw  (often written with kana only)
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ち か う 0 ち か う 2
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
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う れ い 2
noun
1. sorrow; grief; anguish; distress
2. trouble; affliction; anxiety; fear; misgivings
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ゆ う う つ 0
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom
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め い ぼ 0
noun
register of names; list of names; roll; register
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か て 2
Most common form: 粮
noun
1. food; provisions
2. nourishment; source of encouragement  (this meaning is restricted to reading かて)
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し ょ く り ょ う 2
noun
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
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ひ ょ う ろ う 0
noun
(army) provisions; food
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か く う 0
1. aerial; overhead
2. fiction; fictitious; imaginary; fanciful
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は つ が 0
germination; sprouting; budding
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め 1
noun
sprout
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じ く 0
noun, noun (suffix)
1. axis; shaft; axle
noun
2. center; centre; focal point; key point
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か れ つ 0
severe; stern
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ひ ぶ た 1
noun
apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock  (see also: 火蓋を切る)
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ず が い こ つ 2
noun
skull; cranium
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ふ た 1
Most common form: フタ
noun
cover; lid; cap  (often written with kana only)
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ぼ ん 0
noun
1. tray
2. family; household
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き ょ う あ く 0
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
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お う ひ 1
noun
queen
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し ょ み ん 1
masses; common people
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す そ 0
noun
(trouser) cuff; (skirt) hem; shirttail; cut edge of a hairdo; fringe; foot of mountain
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へ い ぼ ん 0
common; commonplace; ordinary; mediocre
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さ ば く 0
Most common form: 沙漠
noun
desert
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つ た な い 3
1. poor-quality; shoddy; crude  (often written with kana only)
2. unskillful; inexpert; maladroit; inept; foolish; clumsy  (see also: 不味い)
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こ う せ つ 0 こ う せ つ 1
noun
tact; skill; workmanship
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せ っ そ く 0
hasty; rough and ready
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こ う れ い 0
established practice; custom
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せ い れ き 0
Most common form: せいれき
noun
1. Christian Era; CE; anno domini; AD
2. Western (Gregorian) calendar
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こ よ み 3 こ よ み 0
Most common form: こよみ
noun, suffix
calendar; almanac  (see also: カレンダー; れき when a suffix)
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は れ る 0 は れ る 3
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen
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し ゅ よ う 0
noun
tumor; tumour; neoplasm; neoplasia  (medicine, etc. term)
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と う げ 3
noun, noun (suffix)
ridge; (mountain) pass; difficult part
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