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The most useful 10,000 words in Japanese

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Usefulness Level 3 Vocab 1-100

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ゆ 1
noun
1. hot water  (see also: 水)
2. hot bath; hot spring
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し ょ て ん 0 し ょ て ん 1
noun
bookshop; bookstore
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ソ フ ト 1
1. soft  (opposite: ハード)
noun
2. software  (see also: ソフトウエア; computer terminology; abbreviation)
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と く し ょ く 0
noun
1. characteristic; feature; idiosyncrasy; personal colour
2. spot color (in printing)
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ね っ し ん 1
zeal; enthusiasm
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ビ ル 1
noun
1. multi-floor building; multi-storey building  (see also: ビルディング; abbreviation)
2. bill
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ち か く 2 ち か く 1
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
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ほ う げ ん 3 ほ う げ ん 0
dialect  (linguistics terminology)
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な ら う 2
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
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じ ん し ゅ 0
noun
1. race (of people)
2. type of person
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ほ う ど う 0
noun
1. information; report; journalism; news
2. to report
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タ イ プ 1
1. type; kind; sort; style
2. typewriter; typing  (see also: タイプライター; abbreviation)
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ナ イ フ 1
noun
knife
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と う い つ 0
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
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カ ッ プ 1
noun
1. cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)  (see also: コップ)
2. instant noodles purchased in cup; cup noodles  (see also: カップ麺; abbreviation)
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た い せ ん 0
noun
great war; great battle
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わ か い 2
1. young; youthful
2. immature; green
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ゆ っ く り 3
slowly; at ease; restful  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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め い わ く 1
trouble; bother; annoyance  (see also: ご迷惑)
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せ い し つ 0
noun
nature; property; disposition
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こ う ぎ 1
lecture
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ろ く お ん 0
(audio) recording  (see also: 録画)
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き ょ う ぎ 1
game; match; contest
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と う よ う 1
Orient
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た い お う 0
1. interaction; correspondence; coping with; dealing with; support; response; reception
2. software support; ability of a computer system to run specific software; compatibility  (computer terminology)
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ポ ス ト 1
1. post; position
2. postbox; mail box; pillar box
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さ く せ い 0
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing; creating; creation  (see also: 制作)
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こ う じ ょ う 0
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
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ふ き ゅ う 0
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
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ベ ッ ド 1
noun
bed
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む す め 3
noun
1. (my) daughter
2. girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)  (see also: 子)
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こ う ほ 1
noun
1. candidate; contender; prospect; pick; choice; list
2. candidacy; candidature; nomination
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テ ニ ス 1
noun
tennis
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は く ぶ つ か ん 4 は く ぶ つ か ん 3
noun
museum
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は っ き り 3
1. clearly; plainly; distinctly  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
2. to be clear; to be definite; to be certain; to be exact; to become clear; to clear up  (often as はっきりした)
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か い よ う 0
ocean
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だ い り 0
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney; substitute; alternate; acting (principal, etc.)
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こ う ふ く 0
happiness; blessedness; joy; well-being  (mainly literary)
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し ゅ つ え ん 0
noun
1. performance; stage appearance
2. to act (in a play)
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か い か く 0
reform; reformation; innovation
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か い さ い 0
holding a meeting; open an exhibition
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し ょ う ば い 1
trade; business; commerce; transaction; occupation
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ま い あ さ 1 ま い あ さ 0
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
every morning
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1. to do  (often written with kana only)
2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)  (often written with kana only)
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ふ じ ん 0
noun
1. wife; Mrs; madam  (honorific; this meaning is restricted to reading ふじん, はしかし)
2. wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.)  (archaic; this meaning is restricted to reading ふじん)
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え ん げ き 0
drama; theatre; theater; play
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せ い の う 0
noun
ability; performance; efficiency
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こ う し き 0
1. formality; formal; official
2. formula
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こ う り ょ 1
consideration; taking into account
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み お く る 0 み お く る 4
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home)
2. to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight
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け さ 1
noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
this morning
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が っ き 0
musical instrument
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き ょ う ふ 1 き ょ う ふ 0
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare; panic
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も の ご と 2
noun
things; everything
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お ん な 1 お ん な 0
noun, noun (prefix)
1. female; woman; female sex  (see also: 男; can be blunt when used alone)
noun
2. female lover; girlfriend; mistress; (someone's) woman
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き ん ゆ う 0
financing; credit transacting; loaning of money; circulation of money
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さ い だ い 0
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum  (opposite: 最小)
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お う ふ く 0
1. making a round trip; going and returning; coming and going
2. round-trip ticket; return ticket  (see also: 往復切符; abbreviation)
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ゆ う り ょ く 0
1. influential; prominent  (see also: 有力者)
2. strong; likely; plausible; potent  (see also: 有力候補)
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あ る く 2
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
to walk
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し ょ う と つ 0
1. collision; crash; running into
2. conflict; quarrel; clashing
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ぎ ち ょ う 1
noun
chairman; speaker (e.g. of assembly); president (e.g. of council, senate, etc.); moderator (e.g. of a newsgroup)
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ろ う か 0
noun
corridor; hallway; passageway
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ほ ん し ゃ 1
noun
1. head office; main office; headquarters; parent company  (this meaning is restricted to reading ほんしゃ)
2. main shrine
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し ん こ う 0
(religious) faith; belief; creed
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な や む 2
to be worried; to be troubled
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ほ う 1
noun
1. direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction)
2. side (of an argument, etc.); one's part
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ガ ス 1
noun
1. gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas)  (often written with kana only; originally from Dutch, eng)
2. gasoline; gas; petrol  (often written with kana only)
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ひ ょ う ば ん 0
1. fame; reputation; popularity
2. rumour (rumor); talk
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て ま 2
noun
time; labour; labor; effort; trouble (in the sense of effort)
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い ん た い 0
retire
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し ゅ ぎ 1
noun
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
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れ い が い 0
exception
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と う ひ ょ う 0
voting; poll
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え き ま え 3
noun
in front of station
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そ と 1
noun
1. outside; exterior
2. open air
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は ん ぶ ん 3 は ん ぶ ん 0
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
half
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さ む い 2
1. cold (e.g. weather)  (opposite: 暑い)
2. uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull; weak; corny  (see also: お寒い)
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こ の む 2
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
to like; to prefer
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お せ ん 0
pollution; contamination  (see also: 公害)
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と し ん 0
noun
city centre (center) (esp. capital city); urban centre; heart of city a metropolis
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し ょ う が つ 4
noun
1. New Year (esp. first three days)
2. the first month of the year; January
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し ょ う ぎ ょ う 1
commerce; trade; business
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だ い た い 0 だ い た い 3
noun
1. outline; main point; gist  (often written with kana only)
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
2. general; substantially; approximately; about  (often written with kana only)
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き ぼ 1
noun
scale; scope; plan; structure
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お も に 1
mainly; primarily
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そ し て 0 そ し て 3
conjunction
and; and then; thus; and now  (often written with kana only)
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こ く な い 2
internal; domestic
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せ ん と う 0
noun
head; lead; vanguard; first
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う ん え い 0
management; administration; operation
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こ く せ き 0
noun
1. nationality; citizenship
2. nationality (ship, airplane, etc.); registration; flag
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が く 1 が く 0
suffix
1. -ology; -ics; study of ...
noun
2. learning; scholarship; erudition; knowledge
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ゆ う り ょ う 0
toll; fee; charge; admission-paid  (opposite: 無料)
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じ た く 0
noun
one's home; one's house
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い っ し ゅ ん 0
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
moment; instant
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た だ ち に 1
at once; immediately; directly; in person; automatically
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み 0
noun
1. body
2. oneself
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い し 1
noun
intention; purpose
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じ ゅ ん ば ん 0
noun
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order  (see also: 出番)
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せ い さ ん 0
production; manufacture
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