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The most useful 10,000 words in Japanese

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Usefulness Level 3 Vocab 501-600

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こ よ う 0
employment (long term); hire
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し ん し ん 0 し ん し ん 1
Most common form: 身心
mind and body
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ね ん き ん 0
annuity; pension
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し ん じ つ 1
truth; reality
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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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て ん じ ょ う 0
noun
ceiling; ceiling price
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お も ち ゃ 2
noun
toy; plaything  (often written with kana only)
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ぜ ん し ん 0
advance; drive; progress
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こ く れ ん 0
noun
United Nations; UN  (see also: 国際連合; abbreviation)
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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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せ い り ょ く 1
noun
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force; energy
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こ う ひ ょ う 0
official announcement; proclamation
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は ん ぱ つ 0
1. opposition; rebellion; revolt; resistance; backlash; refusal
2. rebounding; recoiling; repulsion
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あ つ ま り 3 あ つ ま り 4 あ つ ま り 0
noun
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
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れ い ぼ う 0
cooling; air-conditioning  (opposite: 暖房)
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ま え 1
noun
1. in front (of); before (e.g. a building)
2. before; earlier; previously; prior; ago; (minutes) to (the hour)
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ほ く せ い 0
northwest
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ぎ ょ う れ つ 0
1. line; queue; procession; parade
noun
2. matrix  (mathematics)
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ひ ょ う じ ゅ ん 0
noun
standard; level; norm
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い こ う 1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
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が く ち ょ う 0
noun
university president
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ぼ う け ん 0
risk; venture; adventure
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し ょ う し ょ う 1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
just a minute; small quantity
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か く て い 0
Most common form: かくてい
1. decision; settlement
2. definition  (mathematics)
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こ い 1
1. deep (colour); dark
2. strong (flavour, smell, etc.)
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げ ん て い 0
limit; restriction
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お だ や か 2
calm; gentle; quiet
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れ い 1
Most common form: れい
noun, noun (prefix), 'no' adjective
1. custom; practice; habit; usual
2. said; aforementioned
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な ん と う 0
southeast
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い ぎ 1
noun
meaning; significance
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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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ち ゅ う し ゃ 0
parking (e.g. car)
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し ゅ う ご う 0
1. gathering; assembly; meeting
2. set  (mathematics)
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こ て い 0
1. fixation; fixing (e.g. salary, capital)
noun
2. fixed handle  (see also: 固定ハンドル; slang; abbreviation)
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ほ ど 0 ほ ど 2
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
1. degree; extent; bounds; limit  (often written with kana only)
particle
2. indicates approx. amount or maximum; upper limit  (often written with kana only)
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て ん か 1
noun
1. the whole world
2. the whole country
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な か 1
noun
1. inside; in
2. among; within
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し か い 0
chairmanship; leading a meeting; presenter; host; moderator
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へ ん 0
Most common form: へん
noun
1. area; vicinity; region
2. side; edge  (mathematics)
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か に ゅ う 0
becoming a member; joining; entry; admission; subscription; affiliation; adherence; signing
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し ょ ゆ う 0
one's possessions; ownership
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じ ょ う ぶ 0
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable  (sometimes じょうふ)
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ゆ う じ ょ う 0
noun
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
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く い き 1
noun
1. limits; boundary; domain; zone; sphere; territory
2. area (e.g. in programming languages)
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ほ う そ く 0
noun
law; rule
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キ ャ ン プ 1
camp
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に ん む 1
noun
duty; function; office; mission; task
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し ょ う て ん 1
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
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み と お し 0
noun
1. unobstructed view; perspective; visibility; vista
2. forecast; outlook; prospect; prediction
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ふ く し 2 ふ く し 0
noun, noun or verb acting prenominally
welfare; well-being; social welfare; social security; social service
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だ い 1
Most common form: だい
noun
1. title; subject; theme; topic
2. problem (on a test); question
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べ ん と う 0
noun
bento; Japanese box lunch  (see also: お弁当)
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う め 0
noun
1. Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Chinese plum
2. lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
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し ゅ く し ょ う 0
reduction; curtailment
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く さ 2
noun
1. grass; weed; herb; thatch
2. ninja  (archaic)
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か く り つ 0
noun
probability; likelihood; chances
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す て る 0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to throw away; to cast away; to dump; to discard
2. to abandon; to desert; to leave
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し ゅ う し ゅ う 0
gathering up; collection; accumulation
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に ゅ う し ゅ 0 に ゅ う し ゅ 1
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
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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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じ ょ う き ょ う 0
proceeding to the capital (Tokyo)
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げ か 0
1. surgery  (see also: 内科)
2. department of surgery (hospital, etc.)
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よ う せ い 0
1. appeal; call for something; request; claim; demand
noun
2. axiom
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せ い け ん 0
noun
(political) administration; political power
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お し え 0
noun
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
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お う だ ん 0
1. crossing
noun or verb acting prenominally
2. transverse
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し ゅ う か い 0
meeting; assembly; gathering; congregation; convention; rally
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せ ん も ん 0
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
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ぼ く 1
Most common form: ぼく
1. I; me  (male term or language)
2. you  (used addressing young children)
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い ず み 0
Most common form: いずみ
noun
spring; fountain
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ひ く 0
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb, transitive verb
1. to pull
2. to draw (attention, etc.); to attract (interest, etc.)  (see also: 注意を引く)
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か み 1
noun
1. god; deity; divinity; spirit; kami
noun, noun (prefix)
2. incredible; fantastic  (also written ネ申; slang)
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ち か て つ 0
noun
underground train; subway
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お う よ う 0
1. application; put to practical use
noun (prefix)
2. applied  (see also: 応用物理学, 応用言語学)
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で ん せ つ 0
noun
tradition; legend; folklore
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と う け い 0
statistics
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つ む 0
1. to pile up; to stack
2. to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack
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か い か い 0
opening of a meeting
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に っ こ う 1
noun
sunlight
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じ つ よ う 0
noun
practical use; utility
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じ ょ う ね つ 0
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
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ち く 1 ち く 2
district; section; sector
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し ょ め い 0
signature
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あ の 0
interjection (kandoushi)
say; well; errr ...
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ふ さ い 1 ふ さ い 2
noun
man and wife; married couple
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ぜ ん じ つ 1 ぜ ん じ つ 0
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day  (esp. 〜の前日)
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お う じ る 0 お う じ る 3
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
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さ く じ ょ 1
elimination; cancellation; deletion; erasure; DEL (key)
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ふ で 0
noun
writing brush
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さ き に 1 さ き に 0
adverb, noun
before; earlier than; first; ahead; beyond; away; previously; recently
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し つ ぎ ょ う 0
unemployment  (see also: 無職)
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み た す 2
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to satisfy; to fulfill; to appease
2. to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack
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と ば す 0
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to fly; to fire; to hurl; to launch; to make fly
2. to skip over; to omit; to drop (e.g. stitch)
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じ ゅ み ょ う 0
noun
life span
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こ く ど う 0
noun
national highway
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ひ び 1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
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さ い が い 0
noun
calamity; disaster; misfortune
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ま た 0
adverb, conjunction, prefix
again; and; also; still (doing something)  (often written with kana only)
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き ゅ う ぎ ょ う 0
closed (e.g. store); business suspended; shutdown; holiday
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や が て 0 や が て 3
1. before long; soon  (often written with kana only)
2. almost; nearly  (often written with kana only)
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