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The most useful 10,000 words in Japanese

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Usefulness Level 4 Vocab 1001-1100

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な い り く 0
inland
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ひ ょ う 0
noun, noun (suffix), counter
1. vote; ballot  (sometimes びょう, ぴょう as a suffix)
noun (suffix), noun
2. label; ticket; tag; stub
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い き な り 0
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning  (often written with kana only)
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と き お り 0
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
sometimes
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た と え る 3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to compare; to liken; to speak figuratively; to illustrate; to use a simile
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さ ん じ 1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
1. 3 o'clock
2. 3 o'clock snack  (see also: ３時のおやつ)
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あ い ま 3 あ い ま 0
Most common form: 合い間
interval; break; pause; spare moment
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よ こ づ な 0
noun
1. yokozuna (highest rank in sumo); grand champion  (sumo term)
2. best in its field; crème de la crème; cream of the crop
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と ら え る 3
Most common form: 捉える
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to seize; to capture; to arrest
2. to grasp; to perceive; to treat (as)
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い ち い ち 2
Most common form: 一一
adverb, noun
1. one-by-one; separately  (often written with kana only)
2. every single; each and every; without omission; fully; in detail  (often written with kana only)
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し ゅ う き 1
noun
cycle; period
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し
particle, conjunction
(at the end of a phrase) notes one (of several) reasons
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ど う し 0
Most common form: どうし
verb  (linguistics terminology)
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だ ん だ ん 1
1. gradually; by degrees  (often written with kana only)
noun, adverb
2. steps; stairs; staircase; terrace
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び ょ う し ゃ 0
depiction; description; portrayal
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こ う そ く 0
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
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も け い 0
model; dummy; maquette
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お そ わ る 0
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to be taught (by); to learn from
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と こ ろ 3 と こ ろ 0
noun, suffix
1. place; spot; scene; site  (also pronounced どころ when a suffix)
2. address  (often written with kana only)
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ぜ つ め つ 0
destruction; extinction
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ほ ん の う 1 ほ ん の う 0 ほ ん の う 3
instinct
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じ つ じ ょ う 0
noun
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
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こ き ゃ く 0
customer; client; patron
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や く ば 3
Most common form: やくば
noun
town hall
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あ や ま る 3
to apologize; to apologise
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さ あ 1
conjunction, interjection (kandoushi)
1. come; come now; come along; go on; hurry up
2. well; who knows; I don't know...; uh; hmm
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き ま ぐ れ 0
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
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か い た い 0
1. demolition; disassembly; dismantling; deconstruction; dissolution
noun or verb acting prenominally
2. dissection (i.e. postmortem)  (obscure term)
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そ う さ く 0
search (esp. for someone or something missing); investigation
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た い す る 3
suru verb - special class
1. to face (each other); to be facing
2. to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to be related to
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が く い ん 0
noun
institute; academy
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こ う ざ ん 1
noun
mine (ore)
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き ょ う て い 0
arrangement; pact; agreement
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ぼ う え ん き ょ う 0
noun
telescope
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と う ぶ 1
noun
eastern part; the east (of a region)
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ま い る 1
Most common form: まいる
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to go; to come; to call  (humble; often written with kana only)
2. to be defeated; to collapse; to die
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で ん た つ 0
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay; propagation; conduction
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は ま 2
noun
1. beach; seashore
2. captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones  (see also: 揚げ浜; abbreviation; often written with kana only)
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ト ラ ブ ル 2
noun
trouble
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し ょ う そ く 0
noun
1. news (from somebody); letter; contact
2. (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements
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お よ び 0 お よ び 1 お よ び 3
conjunction
and; as well as
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こ ろ ぶ 0
'bu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to fall down; to fall over
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き ゅ う し ゅ う 1
noun
Kyushu (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
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な み 0
noun, noun (suffix)
1. average; medium; common; ordinary  (see also: 中, 普通)
2. line; row of (e.g. houses)
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ほ り 2
Most common form: ほり
noun
1. moat; fosse
2. canal; ditch
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む か え 0
noun
meeting; greeting; welcome
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や く い ん 2 や く い ん 0
noun
officer; official; executive; staff
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か ん ぜ い 0
noun
tariff (import tax); duty; customs
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こ く て つ 0
noun
national railway (esp. former Japan National Railways)  (see also: 国有鉄道, 日本国有鉄道; abbreviation)
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こ ん ち ゅ う 0
insect; bug
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ひ と と き 0
Most common form: ひととき
noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi), adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
1. moment; a (short) time; a while  (often written with kana only)
2. former times  (often written with kana only; this meaning is restricted to reading ひととき)
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し へ い 1
noun
paper money; note; bill
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び ょ う 1
noun
second (60th min)
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お く さ ん 1
noun
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam  (honorific)
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は ん し ゃ 0
1. reflection; reverberation  (physics terminology)
2. reflex; reflexes  (biology term)
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き ん こ 1
noun
1. safe; strongbox; cashbox; vault; strongroom
2. depository; cash office; treasury; provider of funds
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つ ゆ 1
noun
1. rainy season (in Japan from early June to mid-July)
2. rain during the rainy season
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ふ う 1
noun
seal
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せ ん し ゃ 1
noun
tank (military vehicle)
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ぎ ん ざ 0
noun
1. Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo)
2. (Edo period) silver mint
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ら っ か 0
fall; drop; come down
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ぶ ん ぱ い 0
division; splitting; sharing; distribution; dissemination; allocation
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particle
1. et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth  (often written with kana only)
2. or something  (after an approximate quote or vague suggestion; often written with kana only)
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つ か ま る 3
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be caught; to be arrested  (usu. 捕まる)
2. to hold on to; to grasp  (usu. 掴まる; often written with kana only)
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お う 1
noun, noun (suffix)
1. king; ruler; sovereign; monarch
2. tycoon; magnate; champion; master
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ぴ っ た り 3
1. tightly; closely  (ぴったし is col.; onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
2. exactly; precisely  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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わ 1
noun
1. ring; circle; loop
2. hoop  (see also: フープ)
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と ほ 1
walking; going on foot
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こ く じ ん 0
noun
1. indigenous person; inhabitant of a country
2. local; native  (this meaning is restricted to reading くにびと)
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お さ ま る 3
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be in one's place; to be installed; to settle into
2. to be delivered; to be obtained; to be paid  (esp. 納まる)
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と う な ん 0
noun
south-east
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ど う じ つ 0
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
the same day
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ろ く じ ゅ う 3
noun
sixty
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え ど 0
noun
Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Edo period (also known as Tokugawa period, from 1603 to 1868); Yedo  (historical term)
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え つ ら ん 0
1. inspection; reading
2. browsing (the WWW, Internet); web browsing  (computer terminology)
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お す 2
Most common form: オス
male (animal)  (see also: 雌; often written with kana only)
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1. so; really; seeming
2. appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of  (after masu stem or adj-stem)
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こ せ き 0
noun
1. family register
2. census
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な ら す 0
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to ring; to sound; to chime; to beat; to snort (nose); to snap (fingers)
2. to be popular; to be esteemed; to be reputed
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ね ん 1 ね ん 0
noun
1. sense; idea; thought; feeling  (esp. 〜の念)
2. desire; concern
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じ ん い ん 0
noun
number of persons; personnel
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こ う ぶ つ 1 こ う ぶ つ 0
noun
mineral
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ち ょ う ふ く 0
duplication; repetition; overlapping; redundancy; restoration
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な づ け る 3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to name; to call; to christen; to term
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ほ っ き ょ く 0
1. North Pole
2. the Arctic  (see also: 北極圏; abbreviation)
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ず の う 1
noun
1. head; brains
2. intellect; understanding
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り が く 1
noun
1. physical science (e.g. chemistry, biology, etc.)
2. physics
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け ね ん 0 け ね ん 1
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
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し ょ う ひ ん 0
noun
prize; trophy
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き か く 0
noun
standard; norm
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か い た く 0
1. reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; opening up (e.g. new market)
2. pioneering; pathfinding; trail-blazing
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し ょ ち 1
treatment; measure; step
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か こ う 0
downward; descent; fall; drop; subsidence  (opposite: 上昇)
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さ す 1
Most common form: さす
'su' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to shine  (see also: 射す)
2. to be visible
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そ う び 1
equipment
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ち か う 0 ち か う 2
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
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の う じ ょ う 0 の う じ ょ う 3
noun
farm (agriculture)
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え ん と つ 0
noun
1. chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); stovepipe
2. carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter  (slang)
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で ん え ん 0
1. country; rural districts
2. cultivated land; fields
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け ん じ 1
noun
public prosecutor
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