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Kanji Usefulness Level 5 1001-1136 Vocab

This collection contains 139 words.
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ち ゅ う ぞ う 0
casting; founding; minting
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い も の 0
noun
cast metal; casting
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い ん ぺ い 0
concealment; suppression; hiding
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い ば ら き け ん 4
noun
Ibaraki prefecture (Kanto area)
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し ゅ っ か ん 0
carrying out a coffin; funeral procession
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せ ん り つ 0
shudder; shiver; tremble with fear; horrible; terrible; hair-raising
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ご う ま ん 0 ご う ま ん 1
pride; haughtiness; arrogance; insolence; hubris
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し ょ う せ き 1 し ょ う せ き 0
saltpeter
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せ ん ぱ く 1
ship
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そ ぜ い 1 そ ぜ い 0
noun
taxes; taxation
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も ほ う 0
imitation; copying
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な ら う 2
Most common form: ならう
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
to imitate; to follow; to emulate  (often written with kana only)
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き ん し ん 0
noun
1. penitence; discipline; house arrest
2. self restraint; moderating one's behaviour
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つ つ し ん で 3
respectfully; humbly; reverently
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い ち ま つ 0
noun
1. (a) touch of; tinge of; wreath (e.g. of smoke)
2. one stroke; one brush
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ま っ し ょ う 0
erasure; delete (e.g. DEL character)
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に じ 0 に じ 2
noun
rainbow
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ね ん し ゅ つ 0
contriving (to raise funds); working out (a solution)
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ご ら く 0
pleasure; amusement
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い し う す 0 い し う す 3
noun
stone mortar; millstone; quern
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き ゅ う し 2
noun
molar
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ひ ゆ 1
noun
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
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い し ゅ く 0
withering; atrophy; contraction; dwarf
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な え る 2
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to lose strength; to become weak; to waste away
2. to wither; to droop
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け い こ う と う 0
Most common form: 螢光灯
noun
1. fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light
2. person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake
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ほ た る 1
Most common form: ホタル
noun
firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm  (often written with kana only)
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ち っ そ く 0
suffocation; choking
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ぜ ん り つ せ ん 0
noun
prostate gland
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は し げ た 0
noun
bridge girder
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け た 0
Most common form: けた
noun
1. column; beam; girder; crossbeam; spar; yard
2. digit; decade; order of magnitude
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あ い が ん 0
caring for (esp. a pet or a small object); cherishing; being fond of; prizing; treasuring
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や き ん 0
metallurgy
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し ゅ う ち し ん 3
noun
shyness; shame
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せ ん 1
noun
stopper; cork; stopcock
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き ぐ 1
apprehensions; misgivings; uneasiness; anxiety; fear
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か も く 0
silent (person); shy; taciturn; reticent; uncommunicative
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う ね ま 0
noun
furrow; room with ridged roof
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し し ゅ く 0
noun, 'suru' verb, intransitive verb
looking up to a person as one's own master or model; being influenced by a person through his works; idolizing
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ち ゃ く し 1
noun
legitimate child
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ち ゅ う と ん 0
stationing (troops); occupancy
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き ゅ う だ ん 0
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
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さ か の ぼ る 4
Most common form: さかのぼる
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to go upstream  (often written with kana only)
2. to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to; to make retroactive  (often written with kana only)
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そ じ ょ う 0
going upstream; retroact; retrospect
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ば い し ん 0
noun
jury
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め す 2
Most common form: めす
female (animal)  (see also: 雄; often written with kana only)
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し ゆ う 1
noun
1. male and female (animals); the two sexes
2. victory and defeat; strengths and weaknesses
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め ば な 1
female flower
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し も 2
Most common form: しも
noun
frost
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そ う が い 0
noun
frost damage
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じ ゅ ん し ょ く 0
dying at one's post; being killed in the line of duty
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つ む ぐ 2 つ む ぐ 0
'gu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to spin; to make yarn
2. to spin (a tale); to speak
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ぼ う せ き 0
spinning
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ど ん よ く 0
1. avarice; greed; covetousness
2. raga (desire)  (usu. とんよく; Buddhist term)
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ち ゅ う よ う 0
1. middle way; (golden) mean; moderation; middle path
noun
2. the Doctrine of the Mean (one of the Four Books)  (see also: 四書)
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い ん ぶ ん 0
verse; poetry
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し ゅ う ぜ ん 0 し ゅ う ぜ ん 1
repair; mending
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つ く ろ い 3
noun
mending; repair; darning; patching up
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し ぼ る 2
Most common form: 絞る
'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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さ く し ゅ 1
exploitation; squeezing; sweating
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た い せ き 0
pile (of things); depositing (in a pile); accumulation (sediment)
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か こ ん 0
noun
root of evil; source of evil
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こ ん い ん 0
marriage; matrimony
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め い ふ く 0
noun
happiness in the next world
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み ょ う り 1
noun
providence; luck; favor; favour; advantage
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ご う も ん 0
torture; the rack; third degree
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お う せ い 0
full of vim and vigor
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ひ じ ゅ ん 0
ratification; ratify
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こ う ば い 0 こ う ば い 3
noun
slope; incline; gradient; grade; pitch
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れ ん か 1
low price
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Most common form: 一万円
noun
10,000 yen  (壱 used in legal documents)
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め ん る い 1
noun
noodles; vermicelli
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お ろ し う り 3
Most common form: 卸し売り
wholesale
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お ろ す 2
Most common form: おろす
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to sell wholesale
2. to grate (e.g. vegetables)
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し ん し ん こ う じ ゃ く 1
noun
diminished capacity; diminished responsibility; legally unaccountable (e.g. due to mental illness, drugs, alcohol, etc.); feeble-mindedness  (yojijukugo)
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し ょ う も う 0
exhaustion; consumption; waste; dissipation
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は い え つ 0
having an audience with someone of very high social standing (e.g. the emperor)  (humble)
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え っ す る 0 え っ す る 3
suru verb - special class, intransitive verb
to have an audience with
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こ う ど う 0
noun
tunnel; (mine) level
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ち ょ う も ん 0
condolence call
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ひ ん き ゃ く 0
noun
guest of honour; guest of honor; privileged guest; visitor
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そ う て ん 0
Most common form: 装填
charge; load; fill
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げ り 0
diarrhoea; diarrhea
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い か く 0
noun
1. menace; threat; intimidation
2. to threaten; to intimidate
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は ん ら ん 0
1. overflowing; flood; inundation; deluge
2. oversupply; plethora
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ほ う き ゅ う 0
noun
salary (esp. public employees); wages; pay
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ね ん ぽ う 0
noun
annual salary
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び ん せ ん 0
noun
writing paper; stationery
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と っ ぱ ん 0
letterpress; relief printing
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お う と つ 0
unevenness; roughness; ruggedness
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せ き ず い 2 せ き ず い 0
spinal cord
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し ょ う し ょ 0
noun
imperial edict; decree
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み こ と の り 1
Most common form: みことのり
noun
imperial decree; imperial edict
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せ い ち 1
delicate; minute; subtle
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ぜ ん じ 1
gradually; slowly; little by little; incrementally
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げ っ ぷ 0
Most common form: げっぷ
noun
monthly installment (instalment); monthly payment  (see also: 月払い)
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ふ え き 1
Most common form: 夫役
noun
slave labour; slave labor; compulsory service; forced labour; forced labor; exacted service
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ち ゃ か っ し ょ く 2
noun
dark reddish-brown; liver color
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ら つ わ ん 0
shrewdness; tact
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し ん し 1
sincerity; earnestness  (see also: 摯実)
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は ん よ う 0
generic; general purpose; all-purpose
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せ っ こ う 0
scout; patrol; spy
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は い せ き 0
rejection; expulsion; boycott; ostracism
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い ち ぶ い ち り ん 5
noun
(not even) a bit of; (not even) a hint of; (not) an iota of  (yojijukugo)
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き ょ う せ い 0
correction (of fault, defect, flaw, etc.); remedy; rectification; redress; reform
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き よ 1
noun
praise and censure; approval and disapproval; approbation and condemnation
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せ っ と う 0 せ っ と う 3
theft; stealing; larceny
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じ ゅ ん し ゅ 1
compliance; adherence (to a set of rules); (religious) observance
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わ い ろ 1
noun
bribe; sweetener; douceur
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た い だ 1
laziness; idleness; sloth
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か い こ 1
noun
silkworm (Bombyx mori)
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さ ん し 1
Most common form: さんし
noun
silk thread; silk yarn
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は い か い 0
noun
1. haikai; collective name for haiku, haibun, haiga, senryū, etc.
2. humorous or vulgar renga poetry  (see also: 俳諧の連歌; abbreviation)
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き ん け ん 0
noun
industry; diligence; frugality
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し ゃ っ か ん 0
noun
(international) loan
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い か ん 0
regrettable; unsatisfactory
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ほ に ゅ う る い 2
noun
mammal; mammalian
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ご い 1
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology  (linguistics terminology)
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こ う て つ 0
change; shake-up; reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet); dismissal (e.g. of a minister); exchanging places
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い し ょ く 0
entrusting (with)
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か い こ ん 0
cultivating new land; clearing; reclamation
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て い し ん 0
noun
communications (e.g. post, tele.)
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ら く の う 0
noun
dairy (farm)
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ひ よ く 0
fertility; productive
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か そ せ い 0
plasticity
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し ゅ と う 0
smallpox vaccination; smallpox inoculation
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お そ れ 3
Most common form: 恐れ
noun
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness
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き ん り ょ う 3
noun
weight
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し ん ち ょ く 0
progress; under way
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に 1
Most common form: 二
numeric
two  (ふ and ふう used mainly when counting aloud. 弐, 貳 and 貮 are used in legal documents.)
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ふ ほ う 0
noun
news of a person's death; obituary
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と う ほ ん 0
noun
1. certified copy; transcript
2. official copy of the family register  (see also: 戸籍謄本)
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け ん し 0
Most common form: 絹糸
noun
silk thread
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ま ゆ だ ま 0
noun
New Year's decoration with cocoon-shaped cakes  (see also: 餅花)
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ぎ ょ じ 1
noun
imperial seal; privy seal
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は ん ぷ 1
distribution
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は ぐ 1
'gu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay; to bark; to disrobe
2. to strip of (e.g. clothes, rank); to deprive of; to divest  (this meaning is restricted to reading はぐ)
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か ご 0
Most common form: かご
noun
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage  (often written with kana only)
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き ん こ 1
imprisonment; confinement
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ほ お ば る 3
Most common form: 頬張る
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
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