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The most useful 10,000 words in Japanese

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Usefulness Level 4 Vocab 1501-1600

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せ ん て い 0
selection
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へ い ほ う 0
noun
square (e.g. metre); square
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こ う だ ん 0
noun
1. public corporation
2. public housing  (see also: 公団住宅; abbreviation)
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じ ん じ 1
personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR
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て が る 0
easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap
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よ し 1
noun
1. reason; significance; cause
2. piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...  (this meaning is restricted to form 由)
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か く ち 1
every place; various places
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お お の 0 お お の 1
noun
large field
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よ う 1
Most common form: 陽
noun
1. yang (i.e. the positive)  (opposite: 陰)
2. the open (i.e. a visible place)  (see also: 陽に)
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ゆ う び ん き ょ く 3
noun
post office
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せ い け つ 0
1. clean; hygienic; sanitary
2. pure; virtuous; immaculate
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せ い な ん 0
noun
south-west
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ま ず 1
1. first (of all); to start with; about; almost; anyway; well; now  (often written with kana only)
2. hardly (with neg. verb)
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ふ し 1
noun
father and child (son)
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う わ き 0
1. extramarital sex; affair; fooling around
2. infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness; inconstancy; fickleness; caprice
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キ ャ ン パ ス 1
noun
campus
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き ょ う さ ん 0
noun
1. communism
2. Communist Party  (see also: 共産党; abbreviation)
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か く じ 1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
individual; each
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た い せ い 0
noun
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
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や わ ら か い 4
Most common form: 柔かい
1. soft; tender; limp; limber  (see also: 柔らか)
2. gentle; mild
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こ ん 1
Most common form: こん
noun
navy blue; deep blue
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す い り 1
reasoning; inference; mystery or detective genre (movie, novel, etc.)
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こ う さ 1 こ う さ 0
1. crossing; intersection
2. (genetic) crossing over
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し ゅ っ き ん 0
attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); going to work; reporting for work  (see also: 退勤)
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し ら が 3
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
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ざ い に ち 0
noun or verb acting prenominally, 'suru' verb
1. in Japan
noun
2. Korean living in Japan  (see also: 在日韓国人, 在日朝鮮人; abbreviation; sensitive)
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じ ょ う で ん 0
noun
high rice field; very fertile rice field
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れ ん そ う 0
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
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ち こ く 0
lateness; late coming  (see also: 遅れる)
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さ ん ふ じ ん か 0
Most common form: さんふじんか
noun
maternity and gynaecology department (gynecology); department of obstetrics and gynaecology (gynecology)
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ぎ け つ 0
resolution; decision; vote
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し き ょ く 0 し き ょ く 1 し き ょ く 2
noun
branch office
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さ っ そ く 0 さ っ そ く 4
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
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と か す 2
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
to melt; to dissolve
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が い む 1
noun
foreign affairs
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か が や く 3
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
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な に ご と 0
noun
1. what; something; everything
2. nothing (with neg. verb)
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か ぶ き 0
noun
kabuki; Japanese classical drama
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じ ん み ん 3
noun
people; public
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た ん ぺ ん 0
Most common form: 短篇
noun
short (e.g. story, film)
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が い か 1
noun
1. foreign currency; foreign money; foreign exchange
2. foreign goods; imported goods
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し ゅ ど う 0
leadership; initiative; spearhead
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て ん じ る 0 て ん じ る 3
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
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ひ き つ づ き 0
Most common form: 引続き
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
1. continuously; continually; without a break
2. next; then; after that
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せ ん だ い 0
noun
family predecessor; predecessor; previous age; previous generation
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か ち く 0
noun
domestic animals; livestock; cattle
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と う だ い 0
noun
1. lighthouse
2. old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it
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い ち え ん 0
noun
1. one yen
suffix, adverb
2. throughout (an area); whole district
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ひ と で 0
noun
crowd; turnout
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し ょ う 1
Most common form: しょう
noun, noun (suffix)
1. quotient  (see also: 積; mathematics)
2. dealing; dealer; store
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き げ ん 0
Most common form: 気嫌
noun
1. humour; humor; temper; mood; spirits
2. safety; health; well-being; one's situation
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ア ル コ ー ル 0
alcohol
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つ か れ る 3
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to get tired; to tire
2. to be worn out (e.g. of well used objects)
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が い む し ょ う 3
Most common form: 外務省
noun
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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ど よ う び 2
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
Saturday
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ひ つ ぜ ん 0
1. inevitable; necessary; certain; sure
noun
2. inevitability; necessity
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ふ ぶ き 1
noun
snow storm; blizzard
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こ う せ い 0
noun
1. welfare; public welfare; social welfare
2. (former) Ministry of Health and Welfare  (see also: 厚生省; abbreviation)
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み な お し 0
review; reconsideration; revision
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ひ と ま え 0
noun
the public; company
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じ ゅ も く 1
trees and shrubs; arbour; arbor
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し ゅ り ゅ う 0
1. mainstream; commonplace
noun
2. main course (of a river); main stream
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ふ っ こ う 0
revival; renaissance; reconstruction; restoration
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し ゅ と し て 1
expression, adverb
mainly; chiefly; primarily; for the most part
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せ い じ つ 0
sincere; honest; faithful
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す き 2
liking; fondness; love  (opposite: 嫌い)
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け ず る 3
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to shave (wood or leather); to sharpen; to plane; to whittle; to pare; to scrape off
2. to shave off (e.g. a budget, expenses, a salary, etc.); to curtail; to cut down
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か え る 1
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to return; to come back; to go back  (esp. 返る)
2. to turn over  (see also: 裏返る)
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た か 2
noun, noun (suffix)
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money  (usu. だか when n-suf)
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わ れ る 0
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to break; to be smashed
2. to split; to crack; to fissure; to be torn
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こ う し ゃ 1
noun
public corporation
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も も 0
Most common form: もも
noun
peach (Prunus persica)
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さ け る 2
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to avoid (physical contact with)  (this meaning is restricted to reading よける)
2. to avoid (situation)  (this meaning is restricted to reading さける)
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よ う そ う 0
noun
aspect
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noun
pickpocket  (often written with kana only)
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も く ろ く 0
noun
1. catalogue; catalog; inventory; index; list
2. certificate indicating an impending gift
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め ん か い 0
meeting (face-to-face); interview
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だ い ほ ん 0
noun
script; libretto; scenario
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せ ん ち ょ う 1
noun
1. ship's captain; skipper
2. length of a ship  (this meaning is restricted to reading せんちょう)
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い ほ う 0
illegal; illegality; invalid; unlawfulness
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ま ぢ か 1
'na' adjective, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
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ね む り 0
noun
1. sleep; sleeping
2. inactivity
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し ご 0
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
after death
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か ん ね ん 1
1. idea; notion; conception
2. sense (e.g. of duty)
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わ た し 0
noun
1. ferry (crossing); ferry(boat)
suffix
2. delivery
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み か け 0
noun
1. outward appearance
2. apparent
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ふ く さ よ う 3
noun
reaction; secondary effect; side effect
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と く せ い 0
noun
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
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し ん さ く 0
new work; new production
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に い さ ん 1
noun
1. older brother; elder brother  (see also: お兄さん; honorific)
2. brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship)
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か わ ぐ ち 0
mouth of river; estuary
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て ん け ん 0
inspection; examination; checking
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も く ぜ ん 0
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
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な く 0
1. to sing (bird)
2. to bark; to purr; to make sound (animal)
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に ゅ う さ つ 0
bid; bidding
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は へ ん 0
fragment; splinter; broken piece
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げ ん み つ 0
strict; close
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じ ょ う 0
noun
1. feelings; emotion; sentiment
2. compassion; sympathy
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ま ゆ 1
Most common form: まゆ
noun
eyebrow; eyebrows
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