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The most useful 10,000 words in Japanese

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Usefulness Level 4 Vocab 201-300

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こ う い 1
noun
good will; favor; favour; courtesy
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ペ キ ン 1
noun
Beijing; Peking
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り ょ う が え 0
change; money exchange
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ぶ ん さ ん 0
1. dispersion; breakup; scattering; decentralization; decentralisation; distribution
2. variance  (mathematics)
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こ お り 1
noun
1. ice
2. shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)  (see also: かき氷)
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な だ か い 3
famous; celebrated; well-known
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し り つ 0
municipal; city  (see also: 私立; いちりつ spoken to avoid confusion with 私立)
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し ゅ う て ん 0
noun
terminus; last stop (e.g. train)
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か ね る 2
Most common form: かねる
suffix, ichidan verb
1. to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do  (see also: 兼ねない; often written with kana only)
ichidan verb, transitive verb
2. to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features
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お ど ろ く 3
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
to be surprised; to be astonished
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に 1
numeric
two  (ふ and ふう used mainly when counting aloud. 弐, 貳 and 貮 are used in legal documents.)
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の ぞ み 0
Most common form: のぞみ
noun
1. wish; desire; hope
2. prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
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タ レ ン ト 0 タ レ ン ト 1
noun
1. star (esp. television); personality  (originally from eng 'talent')
2. talent; skill
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か ら い 2
1. spicy; hot
2. salty
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き ゅ う よ 1
pay; salary; wages; allowance; grant; supply
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そ せ ん 1
noun
ancestor
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ゆ う ひ 0
noun
evening sun; setting sun  (see also: 朝日)
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き ゃ く せ き 0
noun
1. guest seating (e.g. theater, stadium); passenger seat (e.g. taxi)
2. audience
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カ メ ラ 1
noun
camera
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が く 0 が く 2
noun, noun (suffix)
1. picture (framed)
2. amount or sum (of money)
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じ ょ う え い 0
noun
1. screening (a movie); showing
2. to screen a movie
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き っ さ て ん 3 き っ さ て ん 0
noun
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe
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な か 1
Most common form: なか
noun
relation; relationship
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ま く 2
noun
1. curtain; bunting
noun, counter
2. act (in play)
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ご ら く 0
pleasure; amusement
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つ か い 0
noun
1. errand; mission; going as envoy  (see also: 使いにやる)
2. messenger; bearer; errand boy; errand girl
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ち ょ う て ん 1
1. top; summit
noun
2. vertex  (mathematics)
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そ っ く り 3
1. all; altogether; entirely; completely  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
2. exactly like; just like  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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ち ょ う だ い 0
very long; great length
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こ む ぎ 0 こ む ぎ 2
noun
wheat
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ど う め い 0
alliance; union; league
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む ち ゅ う 0
1. absorbed in; immersed in; crazy about; obsessed with; devoted to
2. forgetting oneself; daze; trance; ecstasy; delirium
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そ ろ そ ろ 1
1. slowly; quietly; steadily; gradually; gingerly  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word; this meaning is restricted to reading そろそろ, ソロソロ)
2. soon; momentarily; before long; any time now  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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せ い き 1
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
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が い か ん 0
appearance; exterior; facade
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そ う ど う 1
1. strife; riot; rebellion; turmoil
2. (media) uproar; brouhaha; (public) outcry; scandal; controversy
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プ ー ル 1
noun
1. (swimming) pool
2. pool (billiards)
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ま ん て ん 3
1. perfect score; full marks
2. extremely; very; quite
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お ど る 0
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)  (see also: 舞う, 躍る)
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こ う ざ ん 1
high mountain; alpine
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い こ う 0
switching over to; migration; transition
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ふ よ う 0
unnecessary; unneeded  (see also: 不用)
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こ く ぼ う 0
noun
national defence; national defense
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げ ん て ん 1 げ ん て ん 0
noun
origin (coordinates); starting point
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だ い が く い ん 4
noun
graduate school
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ど う き 1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), 'suru' verb, 'no' adjective
1. contemporary; corresponding period; same period; same class
noun
2. employee who joined the company in the same year as oneself; classmate; one's contemporary
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じ ょ う い 1
1. superior (in rank); top; ranking
noun
2. higher order (e.g. byte)  (computer terminology)
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ち ゅ う せ ん 0
lottery; raffle; drawing (of lots)
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ち か 1 ち か 2
Most common form: 地価
noun
the price of land
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タ オ ル 1
noun
(hand) towel
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じ ょ う え ん 0
performance (e.g. music, theatre, opera); staging
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こ ゆ う 0
characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-
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く ろ じ 0
balance (figure) in the black
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マ ス コ ミ 0
noun
mass communication; the media  (abbreviation)
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し ゅ し 1
Most common form: 主旨
noun
1. meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; effect
2. goal; intent; object; aim; point  (this meaning is restricted to form 趣旨)
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そ う こ う 0
running a wheeled vehicle (e.g. car); running to program, job, etc.; traveling; travelling
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か ざ り 0
noun, noun (suffix)
decoration
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え ん り ょ 0
1. reserve; constraint; restraint; modesty; diffidence; hesitation; holding back; discretion; tact; thoughtfulness
2. declining; refraining
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し ば る 2
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
to tie; to bind
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た め し 3
noun
trial; test
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や と う 0
opposition party; political opposition; opposition
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ど く せ ん 0
1. monopoly; monopolization
2. hogging; keeping to oneself
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
some time ago; just now  (see also: 先)
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せ い 1
Most common form: せい
1. (logical) true; regular
numeric
2. 10^40; ten thousand undecillion
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し あ げ 0
noun
end; finishing touches; being finished
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し ょ う は い 0
noun
victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome
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ご う り 1
noun
rational  (see also: 合理的; usually encountered in the form 合理的)
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す い 1
noun
1. Wednesday  (see also: 水曜日; abbreviation)
2. shaved ice (served with flavored syrup)  (see also: 氷水)
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て き 3
Most common form: てき
noun
1. opponent; rival; adversary
2. menace; danger; threat; enemy
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く い 1
Most common form: 悔い
noun
regret; repentance
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つ げ る 0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to tell; to inform; to announce
2. to indicate; to signal; to mark
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し ょ っ き 0
noun
tableware
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う ど ん 0
noun
udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles  (often written with kana only)
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ち ゅ う し ょ う 1
noun
small to medium
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か く さ 1
noun
qualitative difference; disparity
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ぼ こ う 1
noun
alma mater
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よ ち 1 よ ち 0
noun
place; room; margin; scope
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か ん こ う 0
publication; issue
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コ ー ト 1
noun
1. coat
2. court (i.e. tennis, basketball, etc.)
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き ゃ く ほ ん 0
noun
script; screenplay; scenario
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し ゅ の う 0
Most common form: 主脳
1. head; leader; leading spirit  (esp. 首脳)
2. important part  (esp. 主脳; archaic)
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え ん が ん 0
coast; shore; littoral
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が く え ん 0
academy; campus
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ほ う が く 0
law; jurisprudence
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か い つ う 0
opening; open; taking effect; becoming active
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た い し ゅ う 0 た い し ゅ う 1
general public; the masses
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く か ん 1
noun, noun (suffix)
1. section (of track, etc.); segment; dimension
2. interval  (mathematics)
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は ん け い 1
noun
radius
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て い り ゅ う じ ょ 0 て い り ゅ う じ ょ 5
noun
bus stop; tram stop; stop; station
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が い と う 0
corresponding to; being applicable to; relevant to; coming under; falling under; applying to; fulfilling; qualifying as
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ひ ょ う じ 0 ひ ょ う じ 1
1. indication; expression; showing; manifestation; demonstration
2. display; displaying  (computer terminology)
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ぶ つ か る 0 ぶ つ か る 4
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to strike against; to collide with; to bump into; to conflict  (often written with kana only)
2. to encounter; to meet
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し ち が つ 4
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
July
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そ う じ ゅ う 0
1. steering; piloting; flying; control; operation; handling
2. management; handling; control; manipulation
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も う け る 3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to prepare ahead of time
2. to create; to establish
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は ん つ き 4
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
1. half-moon  (astronomy, etc. term)
2. half month
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げ ん ば く 0
noun
atomic bomb; A-bomb  (see also: 原子爆弾; abbreviation)
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お ど ろ き 0 お ど ろ き 4
noun
surprise; astonishment; wonder
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た い し つ 0
1. constitution (physical); genetic make-up; predisposition (to disease)
2. structure (e.g. of an organization); innate characteristics; make-up; nature; culture
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よ け い 0
1. too many; too much; excessive; superfluous; superabundant; extra; spare; surplus  (often as 余計に)
2. unnecessary; needless; uncalled-for; otiose
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