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The most useful 10,000 words in Japanese

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Usefulness Level 1 Vocab 201-300

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や す む 2
'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be absent; to take a day off
2. to rest; to have a break
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む ず か し い 4
1. difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.)
2. fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased
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か ん け い 0
1. relation; relationship; connection
2. participation; involvement; concern
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よ て い 0
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation; estimate
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り ゆ う 0
noun
reason; pretext; motive
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え ら ぶ 2
'bu' godan verb, transitive verb
to choose; to select
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た つ 1
'tsu' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to stand; to rise; to stand up  (this meaning is restricted to form 立つ, たつ)
2. to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position)  (this meaning is restricted to form 立つ, たつ)
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ぶ ん か 1
noun
1. culture; civilization; civilisation
2. Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
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き ゅ う 1 き ゅ う 0
Most common form: ９
numeric
nine  (玖 is used in legal documents)
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な つ や す み 3
noun
summer vacation; summer holiday
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い ま 1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately; (one) more
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か い わ 0
conversation
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さ い き ん 0
'no' adjective, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
most recent; these days; right now; recently; nowadays
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う ん て ん 0
1. operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; running; run
2. driving
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じ ゆ う 2
expression, 'na' adjective, noun
freedom; liberty; as it pleases you
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れ ん し ゅ う 0
practice; practising
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あ き ら か 2
obvious; evident; clear; plain
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も じ 1
noun
1. letter (of alphabet); character
2. literal
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ま つ 1
'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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か い じ ょ う 0
noun
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
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き っ か け 0
noun
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus; occasion  (often written with kana only)
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り よ う 0
use; utilization; utilisation; application
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か わ る 0
Most common form: 変る
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to change; to be transformed; to be altered; to vary
2. to move to
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ど く し ょ 1
reading
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た の し い 3
enjoyable; fun
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け い さ つ 0
1. police
2. police officer  (see also: 警察官; abbreviation)
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し よ う 0
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
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か ん が え 3
noun
1. thinking; thought; view; opinion; concept
2. idea; notion; imagination
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お と こ の こ 3
expression, noun
boy; male child; baby boy
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む す こ 0
noun
1. son
2. penis  (vulgar expression or word; this meaning is restricted to reading むすこ)
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と ち 1
noun
1. plot of land; lot; soil
2. locality; region; place
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に ゅ う い ん 0
hospitalization; hospitalisation
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は こ ぶ 0 は こ ぶ 3
'bu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to carry; to transport; to move; to convey
2. to come; to go  (see also: 足を運ぶ; usu. as お運びになる, お運び下さる, etc.; honorific)
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あ ん ぜ ん 0
1. safety  (opposite: 危険)
2. security
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ば ん ぐ み 0 ば ん ぐ み 4 ば ん ぐ み 3
noun
program (e.g. TV); programme
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た と え ば 2
for example; for instance; e.g.
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は は お や 0
Most common form: ははおや
mother
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た い か い 1
convention; tournament; mass meeting; rally
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と も 1
noun
friend; companion; comrade; pal
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ち ち お や 0
Most common form: ちちおや
noun
father
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ば ん ご う 3
noun
number; series of digits
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き ょ う か い 0
church
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じ ゅ う ぶ ん 3
1. plenty; enough; sufficient; satisfactory; adequate
2. division into ten  (this meaning is restricted to form 十分)
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さ ぎ ょ う 1
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
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く ろ い 2
1. black
2. dark
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ゆ き 2
noun
snow
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き ょ う い く 0
training; education
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こ ん げ つ 0
Most common form: こんげつ
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
this month
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こ う ど う 0
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
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か い し 0
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
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き ゅ う 0
1. urgent; sudden; abrupt
2. sharp; steep; precipitous
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は ん た い 0
Most common form: はんたい
1. opposition; resistance; antagonism; hostility; objection; dissension
2. reverse; opposite; vice versa; contrast
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せ ん そ う 0
war
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ふ つ う 0
1. general; ordinary; usual
2. normally; generally; usually
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な か ば 3 な か ば 2 な か ば 0
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun, noun (suffix)
middle; half; semi; halfway; partly
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は っ け ん 0
discovery; detection; finding
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と ち ゅ う 0
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
1. on the way; en route
2. in the middle of; midway
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み み 2
noun
1. ear
2. hearing
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た ち ば 3 た ち ば 1
noun
standpoint; position; situation
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ち ゅ う も く 0
notice; attention; observation
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よ こ 0
noun
1. horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down  (see also: 横になる)
2. side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; breadth  (see also: 首を横に振る)
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げ ん い ん 0
cause; origin; source
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い ぜ ん 1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
ago; since; before; previous
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あ ら た 1
new; fresh; novel
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き け ん 0
1. danger; peril; hazard  (opposite: 安全)
2. risk
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で ん し 1
noun
1. electron
2. (esp. as a prefix) electronic; electronics
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ぶ ん や 1
noun
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
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し ょ く じ 0
noun
1. meal
2. to eat
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も の が た り 3
tale; story; legend
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ば あ い 0
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
case; situation
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じ ゅ ぎ ょ う 1
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
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た い ふ う 3
noun
typhoon; hurricane
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ま な ぶ 0 ま な ぶ 2
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
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お お い に 1
very; much; greatly; a lot of
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だ い す き 1
loveable; very likeable; like very much
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む り 1
1. unreasonable; unnatural; unjustifiable
2. impossible
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し ょ う せ つ 0
novel; (short) story
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じ ん ぶ つ 1
noun
1. person; character; figure; personage; man; woman
2. one's character; one's personality
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. child
2. young (animal)  (see also: 仔)
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く う こ う 0
noun
airport
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に し 0
noun
west
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は じ ま る 0
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to begin; to start; to commence
2. to happen (again); to begin (anew)
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か な ら ず 0 か な ら ず 4
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively; invariably
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に ち じ 1
noun
date and time
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こ っ か 1
noun
state; country; nation
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あ い て 3
noun
1. companion; partner; company
2. other party; addressee
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し ゅ っ し ん 0
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
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は ず す 0
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to unfasten; to undo
2. to remove; to take off; to deinstall
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お す 0
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to push; to press  (this meaning is restricted to form 押す)
2. to apply pressure from above; to press down  (this meaning is restricted to form 押す, 圧す)
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せ い じ 0
noun
politics; government
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だ ん せ い 0
1. man; male
2. masculine gender  (linguistics terminology)
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と お る 1
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to go by; to go past; to go along; to travel along; to pass through; to use (a road); to take (a route); to go via; to go by way of
2. to run (between); to operate (between); to connect  (of public transport)
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か い ぎ 1 か い ぎ 3
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention; congress
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ひ 0
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
1. day; days  (this meaning is restricted to form 日)
2. sun; sunshine; sunlight
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れ き し 0
history
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そ つ ぎ ょ う 0
1. graduation; completion (e.g. of a course)
2. outgrowing something; moving on  (colloquialism)
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お お き い 3
big; large; great; loud
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み ど り 1
Most common form: みどり
noun
1. green
2. greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
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し ぜ ん 0
noun
1. nature
2. natural; spontaneous
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は は 2
noun
mother  (see also: 父; かか was used by children; humble)
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