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The most useful 10,000 words in Japanese

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Usefulness Level 4 Vocab 1301-1400

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は ぐ る ま 2
noun
gear; cog-wheel
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ま さ か 1
interjection (kandoushi)
1. by no means; never!; well, I never!; you don't say!; certainly (not)  (often written with kana only)
2. something unexpected; emergency  (see also: まさかの時; often written with kana only)
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ほ す 1
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to air; to dry; to desiccate
2. to drain (off)
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は く ち ょ う 0
noun
1. swan (Cygnus spp.)
2. white-feathered bird
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つ と め 3
Most common form: 務め
noun
1. service; duty; business; responsibility; task
2. Buddhist religious services
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り ゅ う い き 0
noun
(river) basin
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い き も の 3 い き も の 2
noun
living thing; animal
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auxiliary adjective
1. seeming ... (expresses judgment based on evidence, reason or trustworthy hearsay); appearing ...
2. -ish; like a ...; typical of ...; appropriate for ...; becoming of ...; worthy of the name ...  (after a noun, adverb or adjective stem)
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と っ け ん 0
privilege; special right
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は あ く 0
grasp; catch; understanding
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ね ん し ょ う 0
burning; combustion
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で ん き ゅ う 0
noun
light bulb  (see also: 白熱電球)
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そ れ ぞ れ 2 そ れ ぞ れ 3
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), 'no' adjective
each; respectively  (often written with kana only)
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ふ う ぞ く 1
noun
1. manners; customs
2. sex service; sex industry; sex-oriented entertainment
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つ れ 0
companion; company
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お じ ょ う さ ん 2
noun
1. daughter  (see also: 嬢さん; honorific)
2. young lady  (see also: 嬢さん)
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じ げ ん 0 じ げ ん 1
noun
1. dimension
2. perspective; point of reference; level (of something)  (see also: 三次元)
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ぼ こ く 1
one's homeland
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と う せ い 0
regulation; control
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て つ や 0
all night; all-night vigil; sleepless night
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す ぐ 1
1. immediately; at once; directly  (often written with kana only)
2. soon; before long; shortly
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じ ょ が っ こ う 2
noun
girl's school
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チ ェ ン ジ 1
change
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し ゅ っ か 0
shipping; outgoing freight; forwarding
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か っ き 0
noun
energy; liveliness
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じ ゅ し ん 0
reception (e.g. radio); receipt (e.g. email message)  (see also: 送信)
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ち ち 2 ち ち 1
noun
1. milk
2. breast
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き ま り 0
1. rule; regulation
2. settlement; conclusion; end; agreement; arrangement
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き ょ う 1
noun
1. imperial capital (esp. Kyoto)  (this meaning is restricted to reading きょう)
2. final word of an iroha-uta  (see also: 伊呂波歌; this meaning is restricted to reading きょう)
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さ っ ぱ り 3
1. feeling refreshed; feeling relieved  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
2. neat; trimmed
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お お く 1
many; much; largely; abundantly; mostly
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じ 1
noun
1. character (i.e. kanji)
2. hand-writing; penmanship
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み ん ぽ う 1
noun
civil law; civil code
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に ち べ い 1
Most common form: 日米
noun
Japan-America
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わ か い 0
1. reconciliation; amicable settlement; accommodation; compromise; mediation; rapprochement
2. court-mediated settlement  (law, etc. term; this meaning is restricted to reading わかい)
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か か り 1
Most common form: かかり
noun
1. charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk  (see also: 掛かり; esp. 係)
2. connection; linking  (see also: 係り結び; esp. 係り; linguistics terminology)
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は い ぼ く 0
noun
1. defeat
'suru' verb, intransitive verb
2. to be defeated
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じ ょ が い 0
exception; exclusion
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か せ い 0
Mars (planet)
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と む 1
'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to be rich; to become rich; to be abundant (with); to abound (with); to be rich (in)
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け い し ゃ 0
inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip; tilt; lean
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ぎ ゃ く て ん 0
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
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え き い ん 2 え き い ん 0
noun
station attendant
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か し こ い 3
wise; clever; smart
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ほ う て き 0
legal
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り せ い 1
noun
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
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め し た 0 め し た 3
noun
subordinate; subordinates; inferior; inferiors; junior  (see also: 目上, 部下)
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い え で 0
running away from home; leaving home
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こ く ば ん 0
noun
blackboard
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と う ふ 3
noun
tofu; bean-curd
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し お 1
Most common form: しお
noun
1. tide; current
2. salt water
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す
す 1
Most common form: 素
1. plain; unadorned; undecorated; unadulterated; au naturel
prefix
2. mere; poor  (before a noun; derogatory)
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ス ラ イ ド 0
noun
1. slide
2. change (in value or situation); proportional change
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つ き 2
noun, noun (suffix)
1. furnished with; including
2. attached to
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か た づ け る 4
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to tidy up; to put in order; to straighten up; to put away
2. to settle (problem); to clear (dispute)
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お そ れ る 3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to fear; to be afraid of
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あ お き 0
noun
1. Japanese laurel; spotted laurel; Aucuba japonica
2. live tree
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じ ょ う じ ょ う 0
1. listing (on the stock exchange, etc.); taking a company public
2. presentation (e.g. of a play, opera); performance  (see also: 上演)
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ぼ う ど う 0
insurrection; rebellion; revolt; riot; uprising
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さ い し ん 0
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
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げ ん ゆ 0
Most common form: げんゆ
noun
crude oil
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お れ る 2
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to break; to be broken; to snap; to fracture
2. to be folded
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ば ん ね ん 0
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
(one's) last years
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き た い 0
noun
fuselage; airframe
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せ ん ぱ つ 0
1. starting in advance; starting first; going first; going ahead  (see also: 後発)
2. starting (in team sports)  (sports term)
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い り ょ う 1
noun
clothing
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く う ぐ ん 0
Air Force
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り て ん 0
noun
advantage; point in favor; point in favour
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こ っ き 0
noun
national flag
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だ し 2
Most common form: だし
noun
1. dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)  (often written with kana only)
2. pretext; excuse; pretense (pretence); dupe; front man  (this meaning is restricted to form 出し)
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し さ つ 0
inspection; observation
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せ ん り ょ く 1
noun
war potential
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つ う 0
'na' adjective, noun (suffix)
1. connoisseur; authority
2. counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.
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せ ん じ ゅ つ 0
tactics
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の う 1
Most common form: のう
noun
1. brain
2. brains; mind
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い よ い よ 2
1. more and more; all the more; increasingly  (often written with kana only)
2. at last; finally; beyond doubt  (often written with kana only)
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さ ぐ る 0 さ ぐ る 2
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to feel around for; to fumble for; to grope for; to search for; to look for
2. to investigate; to probe into; to spy on; to sound out
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う み だ す 3
Most common form: 生みだす
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to create; to bring forth; to produce
2. to invent; to think up and bring into being
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し ん こ う 0
rising; developing; emergent
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さ い き ん 0
noun
bacillus; bacterium; germ
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へ ん け ん 0
noun
prejudice; narrow view; bias
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に ん じ ょ う 1
noun
1. humanity; empathy; kindness; sympathy
2. human nature; common sense; customs and manners
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ぐ ん じ ん 0
noun
military personnel; soldier
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お う 1
Most common form: 翁
noun
1. old man; venerable gentleman
suffix
2. venerable; old; father  (honorific; this meaning is restricted to reading おう)
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あ や し い 0 あ や し い 3
1. suspicious; dubious; doubtful; dodgy; suspicious (referring to a potential amorous relation); dangerous (e.g. financial situation); ominous (e.g. weather); strange; shady; fishy  (this meaning is restricted to form 怪しい)
2. charming; bewitching; mysterious  (see also: いろっぽい)
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ぼ う ぎ ょ 1
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
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か み な り 3 か み な り 4 か み な り 0
noun
1. lightning; thunder; thunderbolt
2. god of thunder; god of lightning  (this meaning is restricted to reading かみなり)
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パ ス 1
noun
1. path
2. pass (e.g. skipping a move, passing an examination, ticket to allow entry, etc.)
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え い わ 0
noun
English-Japanese (e.g. dictionary)
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か ん し ょ う 0
interference; intervention; meddling
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た ん ど く 0
1. sole; single; solo
noun
2. independence; singleness; singularity
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ゆ う え ん ち 3
noun
amusement park
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わ か す 0
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to boil; to heat  (this meaning is restricted to form 沸かす)
2. to excite  (this meaning is restricted to form 沸かす)
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び ん ぼ う 1
poverty; destitute; poor
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も
particle
1. too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence)
2. both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence)  (as ＡもＢも)
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ほ う そ う 0
packing; wrapping
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じ ゅ し ょ う 0
winning (a prize)  (see also: 授賞)
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け っ か く 0
noun
tuberculosis; tubercule
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い ど う 0
change (personnel); transfer; reshuffle
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