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Usefulness Level 3 Vocab 1401-1499

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し ろ う と 1 し ろ う と 2
1. amateur; layman; ordinary person; novice  (opposite: 玄人)
noun
2. respectable woman (not a prostitute, hostess, geisha, etc.)  (see also: 玄人)
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み ず か ら 1
noun
1. oneself
2. for one's self; personally
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じ り つ 0
independence; self-reliance
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す ぎ る 2
Most common form: すぎる
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to pass through; to pass by; to go beyond
2. to pass (i.e. of time); to elapse
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ふ み き り 0
Most common form: 踏切り
noun
1. railway crossing; railroad crossing; train crossing; level crossing
2. starting line; scratch
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が い 1
Most common form: がい
noun
injury; harm; evil influence; damage
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ふ ざ い 0
1. absence
noun (suffix)
2. disregard; indifference  (see also: 国民不在)
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い っ き 1
noun
chug!; drink! (said repeatedly as a party cheer)  (see also: 一気に飲む; abbreviation)
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し ら べ 3 し ら べ 0
noun, noun (suffix)
1. investigation; inspection; examination
2. tune; note; melody
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ら ん 1
noun, noun (suffix)
1. column of text (e.g. in a newspaper)
2. field (in a form, web page, etc.)
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く ち び る 0
noun
lips
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わ り び き 0
Most common form: 割引き
noun, suffix, 'no' adjective
discount; reduction; rebate; (after a number) tenths discounted; tenths reduced
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ぶ そ う 0
arms; armament
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つ め 0
noun
1. nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; talon; hoof
2. plectrum; pick
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ぶ ん げ い 0 ぶ ん げ い 1
Most common form: 文藝
literature; art and literature; belles-lettres
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だ っ し ゅ つ 0
1. escape; break-out
2. prolapse; proptosis
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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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せ き ど う 0
equator
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ぬ の 0
noun
1. cloth
2. bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)  (see also: 布銭; this meaning is restricted to reading ふ)
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よ く ぼ う 0
noun
desire; appetite; lust
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く み こ む 3 く み こ む 0
Most common form: 組込む
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
to insert; to include; to cut in (printing)
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き ょ じ ゅ う 0
residence
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じ っ か 0
noun
(one's parents') home
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ね 1 ね 0
noun
1. root (of a plant)
2. root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.)
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じ か く 0
self-consciousness; self-awareness
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し か 1 し か 2 し か 0
noun
dentistry
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し ょ く む 1
noun
professional duties
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ご ぞ ん じ 2
Most common form: ご存知
noun
1. knowing  (see also: 存じ; honorific)
2. (an) acquaintance
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じ ょ う せ い 0
noun
state of things; state of affairs; condition; situation; circumstances
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ま が る 0
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to bend; to curve; to warp; to wind; to twist
2. to turn  (see also: 折れる)
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わ け 1
Most common form: わけ
noun
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation  (often written with kana only)
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か っ て 0
1. one's own convenience; one's way
2. convenience or ease of use; knowledge of how to use
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あ い ず 1
sign; signal
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ほ ん の 0
Most common form: ほんの
mere; only; just; not even (with negative verb)  (often written with kana only)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. past; after
2. too (much); over- (e.g. eating)  (often written with kana only)
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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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み る 1
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to examine (medically)
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か な し み 0 か な し み 3
noun
1. sadness; sorrow; grief
2. affection; love  (archaic)
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almost; roughly; approximately  (often written with kana only)
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ひ ょ う ろ ん 0
criticism; critique
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ぜ ん 1
noun
good; goodness; right; virtue  (opposite: 悪)
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え る 1
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to get; to earn; to acquire; to procure; to gain; to secure; to attain; to obtain; to win  (獲る esp. refers to catching wild game, etc.)
2. to understand; to comprehend
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し ろ 0
Most common form: しろ
noun
castle
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コ ー ヒ ー 3
coffee  (often written with kana only; originally from eng 'coffee', dut 'koffie')
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to bear fruit  (often written with kana only)
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お さ え る 3
Most common form: 抑える
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to pin something down; to hold something down; to hold something back; to stop; to restrain; to curb  (esp. 押さえる)
2. to seize; to grasp; to arrest  (esp. 押さえる)
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か ん づ め 3 か ん づ め 4 か ん づ め 0
Most common form: 缶詰め
1. canned goods; canning; packing (in cans); tin can
noun
2. confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work)
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い す 0
noun
1. chair; stool
2. post; office; position
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ぼ う だ い 0
1. huge; vast; enormous; colossal; extensive; multitudinous
2. swelling; expansion  (this meaning is restricted to form 膨大)
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か わ す 0
Most common form: 交す
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.)
2. to intersect; to cross; to interlace
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う ち 0 う ち 1
1. inside; within
2. while  (see also: ないうちに; also 裡; often written with kana only)
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ま た 2
Most common form: 股
noun
1. crotch; crutch; groin; thigh
2. fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
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ほ か 0
1. other (place, thing, person); the rest
2. outside; beyond  (esp. 外; often written with kana only)
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た ま 0
noun
1. ball; sphere; globe; orb
2. bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; droplet
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い く ら 0 い く ら 1
adverb, noun
1. how much?; how many?  (often written with kana only)
2. even; even if
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く も り 3
noun
cloudiness; cloudy weather; shadow
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れ ん ぽ う 0
commonwealth; federation of states; confederation; union
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あ り 0
noun
ant  (often written with kana only)
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う け と る 3
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to receive; to get; to accept
2. to take; to interpret; to understand
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す ご い 2
1. terrible; dreadful  (often written with kana only)
2. amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); wonderful; terrific  (often written with kana only)
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て つ 1
noun
1. iron (Fe)
2. strong and hard (as iron)
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お か げ 0
noun
1. grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); blessing  (often written with kana only)
2. assistance; help; aid  (often written with kana only)
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な す 1
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to build up; to establish  (esp. 成す; often written with kana only)
2. to form; to become (a state)  (esp. 成す; often written with kana only)
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は か る 2
'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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Most common form: ため
noun
1. good; advantage; benefit; welfare  (see also: 為に; often written with kana only)
2. sake; purpose; objective; aim  (often written with kana only)
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さ す 1
Most common form: さす
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to pierce; to stab; to prick; to stick; to thrust
2. to sting; to bite  (see also: 螫す)
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い ま 2 い ま 0
noun
living room (Western style)
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ゼ ロ 1
Most common form: 零
zero; nought  (often written with kana only)
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き り 1
Most common form: 限り
noun
1. end; finish; stop
2. bounds; limits  (see also: 切りがない, 切りのない)
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ご う 1
noun, noun (suffix)
1. number; edition; make; model; issue; part of that group
2. sobriquet; pen-name
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と お す 1
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to stick through; to force through
2. to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse
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え ら い 2
1. great; excellent; admirable; remarkable; distinguished; important; celebrated; famous; eminent
2. awful; terrible  (often written with kana only)
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か ね 0
Most common form: かね
noun
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime  (see also: 鉦)
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み ま い 0
1. visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters  (see also: お見舞い, 見舞い客)
noun
2. get-well gifts; get-well letters  (see also: 見舞い品)
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す じ 1
noun
1. muscle; tendon; sinew
2. vein; artery
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つ ぐ 0
'gu' godan verb, transitive verb
to succeed (someone in a business or inheritance)
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か れ ら 1
they (usually male); them
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よ ろ ん 1 よ ろ ん 0
noun
public opinion
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こ う た い 0
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.); taking turns
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よ 1 よ 0
noun
world; society; age; generation
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あ ち ら 0
Most common form: あっち
1. that way (direction distant from both speaker and listener); over there; yonder  (see also: 何方, 此方, 其方; often written with kana only)
2. that one (something physically distant from both speaker and listener, or something not visible but known by both speaker and listener); that
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た す け る 3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to save; to rescue
2. to help; to assist
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み ど り い ろ 0 み ど り い ろ 1
green; emerald green; green color of new foliage; verdure
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も と も と 0
originally; by nature; from the start  (often written with kana only)
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い わ ば 1 い わ ば 2 い わ ば 0
so to speak; so to call it; as it were  (often written with kana only)
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た ば こ 0
noun
1. tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; cigar  (often written with kana only; originally from Portuguese 'tabaco')
2. tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)  (often written with kana only)
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と ま る 0
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to stop (moving); to come to a stop
2. to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to cease; to be stopped; to be suspended
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う む 0
Most common form: 産む
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs)
2. to produce; to yield; to give rise to; to deliver
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ま っ す ぐ 3
1. straight (ahead); direct; upright; erect  (often written with kana only)
2. straightforward; honest; frank  (often written with kana only)
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し た が う 4
Most common form: 順う
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
to abide (by the rules); to obey; to follow; to accompany
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あ け る 0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to unlock  (this meaning is restricted to form 開ける)
2. to open (for business, etc.)  (this meaning is restricted to form 開ける)
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て き か く 0
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
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お う ご ん 0
gold
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こ む 1
'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be crowded; to be packed
2. to be complex  (see also: 手の込んだ)
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あ と 1
noun
1. trace; tracks; mark; sign
2. site; remains; ruins
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と し よ り 4 と し よ り 3
noun
1. old people; the aged
2. trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay  (sumo term)
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そ の 1
noun, noun (suffix)
1. garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; plantation  (see also: りんご園; えん usually when a suffix)
2. place; location  (see also: 学びの園)
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お ろ す 2
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to take down (e.g. flag); to launch (e.g. boat); to drop; to lower (e.g. ladder); to let (a person) off; to unload; to discharge
2. to drop off (a passenger from a vehicle); to let (a person) off  (see also: 乗客を降ろす)
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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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