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Kanji Usefulness Level 4 1-100 Vocab

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ぐ ん た い 1
noun
armed forces; military; troops
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へ い し 1
noun
soldier
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み ん ぺ い 1 み ん ぺ い 0
noun
militia; militiaman
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な か じ ま 0
noun
island in a pond or river
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は ん と う 0
noun
peninsula
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し ま 2
noun
1. island
2. territory (of a prostitute, organized crime gang, etc.); turf  (often written with kana only)
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の う そ ん 0
noun
1. agricultural community; farm village
2. rural
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む ら 2
noun
village
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も ん 1
noun, noun (suffix)
1. gate
2. branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master
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か ど 1
noun
gate
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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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こ せ き 0
noun
1. family register
2. census
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い ど 1
noun
water well
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ぶ き 1
noun
1. weapon; arms; ordnance
2. weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
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む し ゃ 1
noun
warrior
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し ろ 0
Most common form: しろ
noun
castle
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じ ょ う し ゅ 1
noun
lord of a castle
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そ う ご う 0
1. synthesis; coordination; putting together; integration; composite
noun or verb acting prenominally
2. comprehensive
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ふ と ん 0
noun
1. futon (quilted Japanese-style mattress laid out on the floor)
2. round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
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だ ん た い 0
noun
organization; organisation; association
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せ ん 1
Most common form: せん
noun, noun (suffix)
1. line; stripe; stria
2. line (e.g. telephone line); wire
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も う け る 3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to prepare ahead of time
2. to create; to establish
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せ っ け い 0
plan; design; layout
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お お ぜ い 3
many; crowd; great number of people
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し せ い 0
noun
attitude; posture; stance; approach; carriage (of the body)
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せ い と う 0
political party
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れ き し 0
history
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け い え い 0
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
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い と な む 3
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
to carry on (e.g. in ceremony); to run a business
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せ い ふ 1
noun
government; administration
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ま き こ む 3
Most common form: 巻込む
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
to roll up; to involve; to enfold; to swallow up; to drag into
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か ん 1
noun, counter
volume (of book); reel (of film)
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ま き 1
Most common form: 巻き
noun
1. roll (e.g. of cloth)
2. winding
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し ょ う か い 0
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
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れ い ぞ う こ 3
noun
refrigerator
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お お く ら 0
noun
Ministry of Finance
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つ く る 2
Most common form: 作る
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct  (造る usu. for large-scale building, manufacturing, etc. 創る usu. for creating)
2. to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol)
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こ う ぞ う 0
noun
structure; construction
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こ ん き ょ 1
basis; foundation
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じ い ん 1
noun
temple
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て ら 2 て ら 0
noun
temple (Buddhist)
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し ょ う ら い 1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
future (usually near); prospects
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ち ゅ う じ ょ う 1
noun
lieutenant general; vice-admiral
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あ ら た め る 4
Most common form: 革める
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to change; to alter; to revise; to replace  (see also: 改まる; this meaning is restricted to form 改める, 革める)
2. to reform; to correct; to mend; to improve  (this meaning is restricted to form 改める, 革める)
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か い ぜ ん 0
1. betterment; improvement
2. kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)  (often written カイゼン; often written with kana only)
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け ん ち ょ う 1 け ん ち ょ う 0
noun
prefectural office
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お ん せ ん 0
noun
spa; hot spring; onsen
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い ず み 0
Most common form: いずみ
noun
spring; fountain
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そ う ぞ う 0
imagination; guess
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し ょ う さ い 0
detail; particulars
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ほ そ い 2
1. thin; slender; fine
2. unlucky (billiards slang)  (slang)
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こ ま か い 3
1. small
2. fine; minute
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た に 2
noun
valley
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け い こ く 0
noun
valley; ravine; canyon
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し ん お う 0
esoteric doctrines; mysteries
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お く 1
Most common form: おく
noun
interior; inner part; inside
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さ ら い ね ん 0
noun, adverb
year after next
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さ い せ い 0
1. resuscitation; regeneration; restoration to life
2. reformation; rehabilitation
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ふ た た び 0
Most common form: 二度
again; once more; a second time
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け っ か ん 0
blood vessel; vein
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け つ え き 2
noun
blood
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ち 0
noun
blood; consanguinity
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け い さ ん 0
1. calculation; reckoning; count
2. forecast
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え ん ざ ん 0
operation; calculation  (mathematics)
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た い し ょ う 0
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
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ぞ う 1
noun
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
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き よ ら か 2
clean; pure; chaste  (see also: 清い)
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せ い そ う 0
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
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ろ っ こ ん し ょ う じ ょ う 1
interjection (kandoushi)
purification of the six roots of perception  (yojijukugo)
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わ ざ 2
noun
technique; art; skill
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し ゅ う 1
noun, noun (suffix)
1. state; province; county; oblast; department (of ancient China)
2. continent
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す 0 す 1
noun
sandbank; sandbar
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だ い と う り ょ う 3
noun
president; chief executive
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か き ょ う 0
1. bridge building; bridge  (see also: 橋架け)
2. cross-linking
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は し 2
Most common form: はし
noun
bridge
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げ い じ ゅ つ 0 げ い じ ゅ つ 1
noun
(fine) art; the arts
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お お が た 0
large; large scale; big; jumbo  (see also: 小型)
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て ん け い 0
type; pattern; model; epitome; exemplar; archetypal; representative
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か た 2
noun
1. model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.)
2. type; style; pattern  (see also: 朝型; がた when a suffix)
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こ う す い 0
noun
perfume
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か お り 0
noun
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
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じ ゅ う り ょ う 3
1. weight
2. heavyweight boxer
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は か る 2
Most common form: 測る
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to measure; to weigh; to survey; to time (sound, gauge, estimate)
2. to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
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え い き ゅ う 0
1. eternity; perpetuity; immortality  (とわ tends to be more abstract)
2. Eikyuu era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)  (this meaning is restricted to reading えいきゅう)
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ひ さ し ぶ り 0 ひ さ し ぶ り 5
a long time (since the last time); it's been a while (since I last saw, mailed, etc., you)
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さ か い 2
Most common form: 界
noun
1. border; boundary  (usu. さかい)
2. turning point; watershed  (often ...を境に; this meaning is restricted to reading さかい)
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か ん き ょ う 0
environment; circumstance
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く べ つ 1
distinction; differentiation; classification
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で ん ぱ 1
noun
1. electromagnetic wave; radio wave; reception; signal  (see also: 電磁波; this meaning is restricted to reading でんぱ)
2. saying strange things  (see also: 電波な奴, 電波系; slang)
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し ゅ う は す う 3
noun
frequency (esp. of waveforms)
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な み 2
noun
wave
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う つ す 2
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to change; to swap; to substitute; to transfer
2. to change the object of one's interest or focus
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い ど う 0
1. movement; transfer; migration; removal; travel
noun or verb acting prenominally
2. mobile; moving; traveling; travelling; roving
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ち い き 1
noun
area; region
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ま わ り 0
noun
1. circumference; girth  (see also: 回り)
2. surroundings; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
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し ゅ う へ ん 0
noun
1. circumference; outskirts; environs; around; in the area of; in the vicinity of
2. (computer) peripheral  (computer terminology)
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つ ぎ き 0
Most common form: 継木
grafting
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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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て つ ど う 0
noun
railroad; railway; rail transport
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て っ ぽ う 0
noun
1. gun
2. wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice  (sumo term)
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て ご ろ 0
moderate; handy; convenient; reasonable
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こ ろ 1
Most common form: ころ
noun, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (suffix)
1. (approximate) time; around; about; toward  (ごろ when used as a suffix; often written with kana only)
2. suitable time (or condition)  (see also: 食べ頃)
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ざ い り ょ う 3
noun
ingredients; material
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こ じ ん 1
individual; private person; personal; private
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き ょ う り ょ く 0
cooperation; collaboration  (see also: ご協力)
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か く ち 1
every place; various places
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か っ こ く 1
noun
1. each nation
2. many nations; many countries
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お び 1
noun
1. obi; kimono sash
2. paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.  (see also: 帯紙, 帯広告・おびこうこく; this meaning is restricted to reading おび)
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ち た い 1 ち た い 2 ち た い 0
noun
area; zone; belt (of land)
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お び る 2 お び る 0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry
2. to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on
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た ん ぺ ん 0
Most common form: 短篇
noun
short (e.g. story, film)
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へ ん し ゅ う 0
editing; compilation; editorial (e.g. committee)
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あ む 1
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to knit; to plait; to braid
2. to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
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く り 1
noun
1. temple kitchen; monastery kitchen  (Buddhist term)
2. quarters of a head priest (and his family)  (Buddhist term)
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う ら 2
noun
1. bottom (or another side that is hidden from view); undersurface; opposite side; reverse side  (opposite: 表)
2. rear; back; behind (the house)
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く ら べ る 0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to compare; to make a comparison  (see also: 見比べる)
2. to compete; to vie  (see also: 力比べ)
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ひ か く 0
comparison
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え び す 1 え び す 0
noun
Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce  (see also: 七福神)
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さ か 1
noun
slope; hill
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よ そ お う 3 よ そ お う 0
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to wear; to dress
2. to pretend; to feign
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そ う ち 1
equipment; installation; apparatus; device; unit
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い し ょ う 1
noun
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
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か え り み る 4
Most common form: 顧る
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to look back (e.g. over shoulder or at the past); to turn around
2. to reflect on the past; to reconsider; to review
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し ょ う り ゃ く 0
omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement  (see also: 省略符号)
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は ん せ い 0
1. reflection; reconsideration; introspection; meditation; contemplation
2. regret; repentance; remorse; being sorry
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は ぶ く 2
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to eliminate; to elide
2. to curtail; to save; to cut down; to economize; to economise
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ぜ い き ん 0
noun
tax; duty
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せ り あ う 3
Most common form: 競合う
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
to struggle for; to compete with; to vie with
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き ょ う そ う 0
1. competition; contest
2. to compete
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き そ う 2
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to compete with
2. to emulate
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し ゅ う い 1
1. surroundings; environs
2. circumference
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か こ む 0 か こ む 3
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to surround; to encircle; to enclose; to fence; to wall in
2. to besiege; to lay siege to
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は ま べ 0 は ま べ 3
noun
beach; foreshore
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あ た り 1
Most common form: あたり
noun
1. on the bank of; by the side of (e.g. a river, pond)  (esp. ほとり; often written with kana only)
2. (in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; nearby
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う ん が 1
noun
canal; waterway
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か わ ぎ し 0
1. riverbank; riverside
2. fish market
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ご く ら く 0 ご く ら く 4
noun
1. Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land)  (see also: 阿弥陀; Buddhist term)
2. paradise
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き ょ く た ん 3
extreme; extremity
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き わ め て 2
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
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ぼ う し 0
prevention; check
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ふ せ ぐ 2
'gu' godan verb, transitive verb
to defend (against); to protect; to prevent
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ひ く い 2
1. low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.)  (opposite: 高い)
2. low (position); close to the ground
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さ い て い 0
1. least; lowest; worst
2. nasty; disgusting; horrible; yuck!
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し ん り ん 0
forest; woods
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は や し 3 は や し 0
noun
1. woods; forest; copse; thicket
2. bunch; line (of something); collection
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み ち び く 3
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to guide; to lead; to show the way; to conduct
2. to derive; to deduce  (see also: 方程式を導く)
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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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ま る い 0 ま る い 2
1. round; circular; spherical  (丸い usu. refers to ball-shaped, and 円い to disc-shaped objects)
2. harmonious; calm  (see also: 丸く収まる)
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だ ん が ん 0
noun
bullet; shot; shell
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む ね 2
noun
1. chest; breast  (むな is usually used in compounds)
2. breasts; bosom; bust
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ど き ょ う 1
noun
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
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む な さ わ ぎ 3
noun
uneasiness; vague apprehension; premonition
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た い り く 0 た い り く 1
1. continent
noun
2. continental Asia (esp. mainland China)
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い り ょ う 1 い り ょ う 0
medical care; medical treatment
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し ょ こ く 1
noun, noun (suffix)
various countries; various regions; various provinces
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か ん り 1
control; management (e.g. of a business)
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ち ゅ う か い 0
agency; intermediation
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な か ま 3
noun
1. company; fellow; colleague; associate; comrade; mate; group; circle of friends; partner
2. member of the same category
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か い か く 0
reform; reformation; innovation
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Most common form: かわ
noun
leather
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に な う 2
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
to carry on shoulder; to bear (burden); to shoulder (gun)
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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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か つ ぐ 2
'gu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder
2. to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative
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き く 0
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be effective; to show effect  (see also: 薬が効く)
2. to do its work; to carry out its function well  (see also: 目が利く)
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し ょ う 1
Most common form: しょう
noun, noun (suffix)
prize; award
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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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え い せ い 0
satellite
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き ん ぼ し 1
noun
1. dazzling victory
2. win of a rank-and-file wrestler over the grand champion  (sumo term)
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か い ふ く 0
1. restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; return; replevin; improvement  (this meaning is restricted to form 回復, 恢復)
2. recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence  (esp. 快復)
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ふ っ か つ 0
1. revival (e.g. musical); come-back
2. restoration; rebirth; resurrection
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か た み ち 0
1. one-way (trip)
noun
2. one-way ticket  (see also: 片道切符; abbreviation)
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は へ ん 0
fragment; splinter; broken piece
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だ ん ぺ ん 3 だ ん ぺ ん 0
fragment; crumb; shred; bits and pieces
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な み き 0
roadside tree; row of trees
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へ い こ う 0
1. (going) side-by-side; abreast  (this meaning is restricted to form 並行, 併行)
2. concurrent; occurring together; at the same time
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な ら ぶ 0
'bu' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to line up; to stand in a line
2. to rival; to match; to equal
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あ し な み 0
noun
pace; step
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そ こ 0
noun
bottom; sole
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て っ て い 0
1. thoroughness; completeness; consistency
2. thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
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お ん ど 1
noun
temperature
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か ろ や か 2
light; easy; non-serious; minor
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け い げ ん 0
abatement; reduction
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き が る 0
1. carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; sprightly
noun
2. ease
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か る い 3
1. light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily)  (opposite: 重い)
2. light (i.e. of foot); nimble; agile
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き ろ く 0
noun
1. record; minutes; document
2. a record (e.g. in sports); results; score
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こ し 0
noun
1. back; lower back; waist; hips; lumbar region
2. body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring  (usu. コシ)
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よ う つ う 0
Most common form: ようつう
lower back (or hip) pain; lumbago
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お よ び ご し 0
noun
1. bent back (more precisely, in an unstable standing posture in which one hinges 45 degrees at the hips and reaches out)
2. indecisive attitude; timidity; lack of nerve
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い ち じ る し い 5
striking; remarkable; considerable (used for good, bad, and neutral observations)
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ち ょ し ゃ 1
noun
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
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あ ら わ す 3
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
to write; to publish
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