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The most useful 10,000 words in Japanese

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Usefulness Level 4 Vocab 501-600

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が い じ ん 0
noun
1. foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); gaijin  (see also: 邦人; sensitive; this meaning is restricted to reading がいじん)
2. outsider  (orig. meaning; archaic)
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に ゅ う し ょ う 0
winning a prize or place (in a contest)
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が っ し ょ う 0
chorus, choir; singing in a chorus; singing along, singing together
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か ん じ ょ う 3
1. calculation; computation; counting; reckoning; count
2. bill; check; account; payment (of a bill); settlement (of an account)
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に ゅ う し 0 に ゅ う し 1
entrance examination  (see also: 入学試験; abbreviation)
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へ い さ 0
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout; unsociable
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え ん し ゅ う 0
1. practice; practising
2. exercises; manoeuvres; maneuvers
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や せ い 0
1. wild; growing wild
pronoun
2. I  (archaic; male term or language)
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よ う き 0
1. cheerful; jovial; merry; lively  (opposite: 陰気)
noun
2. weather; season
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つ い せ き 0
1. chase; pursuit; tracking; stalking
2. following up; tracing
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う ん こ う 0
1. service (bus, train); operation
2. motion; revolution; movement
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し き 2 し き 1
noun, noun (suffix)
1. equation; formula; expression
2. ceremony
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ひ に ち 0
noun
the number of days; date
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あ し あ と 3
noun
1. footprints
2. record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)  (computer terminology)
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ど う と う 0
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
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か
か 1
Most common form: 加
noun
1. addition; increase
2. Canada  (see also: 加奈陀; abbreviation)
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ゆ る 0
Most common form: 揺る
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
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ち ん ぎ ん 1
1. wages
noun
2. cash payment of rent  (this meaning is restricted to reading ちんきん)
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し ば ふ 0
lawn
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さ す 1
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to point
2. to nominate; to select someone; to specify some person
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ほ う 0
noun, noun (suffix)
1. law; act; principle
2. method
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ひ に く 0 ひ に く 1
cynicism; sarcasm; irony; satire
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し ゅ う し 1
1. beginning and end; from beginning to end; doing a thing from beginning to end
2. consistently; the whole time
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が い し ょ う 0
noun
Foreign Minister
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い の る 2
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
to pray; to wish
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と う ち 1
rule; reign; government; governing
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す い め ん 0
noun
water's surface
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た お す 2
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to throw down; to bring down; to blow down; to fell; to knock down; to set (something) down on its side; to turn (something) on its side  (this meaning is restricted to form 倒す)
2. to kill; to defeat; to beat
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は ん 1
noun, noun (suffix)
1. edition; version; printing; impression; implementation (e.g. software)  (ばん when a suffix)
noun
2. plate; block; cast
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ち ょ う じ か ん 3
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
long period of time; long playing
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ワ イ シ ャ ツ 0
noun
shirt; business shirt; dress shirt  (see also: ホワイトシャツ; often written with kana only; abbreviation; originally from 'white shirt')
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ゆ ら い 0
origin; source; history; derivation; reason; destiny
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し ょ う し ん 0
promotion; advancement; rising in rank
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う
auxiliary verb
1. indicates speculation  (after the imperfective form of certain verbs and adjectives)
2. indicates will
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し る し 0
noun
1. mark; sign  (esp. 印, 標)
2. symbol; emblem  (also written as 徴)
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ま け る 0
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to lose; to be defeated
2. to succumb; to give in; to surrender; to yield  (this meaning is restricted to form 負ける)
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ひ ん こ ん 0
1. poor; needy
2. lacking; meagre; meager
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か ぎ 2
noun
1. key
2. lock  (see also: 錠)
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じ ょ う り く 0
landing; disembarkation; landfall
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た ん だ い 0
noun
junior college; vocationally oriented two or three year post-secondary education institution  (see also: 短期大学; abbreviation)
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そ う き ん 0
remittance; sending money
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て く び 1
Most common form: 手頸
noun
wrist  (see also: 腕首)
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き ん り 0 き ん り 1
noun
interest rates
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じ ゅ う 1
Most common form: じゅう
noun
gun; rifle; small arms
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か け い 0
noun
household economy; family finances
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う そ 1
Most common form: うそ
noun
1. lie; falsehood; incorrect fact
2. Really!; Unbelievable!; No way!  (colloquialism)
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か ね も ち 3 か ね も ち 4
Most common form: かねもち
noun
rich person
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す い ぞ く か ん 4 す い ぞ く か ん 3
noun
aquarium  (すいぞっかん is colloquial)
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て ん ぽ 1
noun
shop; store
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ゆ ず る 0
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to turn over; to assign; to hand over; to transmit; to convey; to sell; to dispose of
2. to yield; to surrender; to concede
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し ゅ う り ょ う 0
completion (of a course)
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ひ だ り て 0
noun
1. left hand
2. left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
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あ っ し ゅ く 0
compression; condensation; constriction; compaction
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し ょ み ん 1
masses; common people
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noun
1. soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles  (see also: 蕎麦切り; often written with kana only; this meaning is restricted to reading そば)
2. buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)
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な か よ く 1
Most common form: 仲好く
1. on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; happily; peacefully
2. to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
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ほ っ さ 0
fit; spasm; attack; seizure  (medicine, etc. term)
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は げ ま す 3
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
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る い じ 0
1. resemblance; similarity; analogous; quasi
2. to resemble; to be similar; to be alike
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グ ラ フ 1
noun
graph
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し ん り ょ う 0
diagnosis and treatment; medical care
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か せ き 0
fossil; petrifaction; fossilization; fossilisation
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あ げ 0
noun, noun (suffix)
1. tuck (e.g. in a dress)  (see also: 縫い揚げ)
noun
2. rise (e.g. in price)  (opposite: 下げ; this meaning is restricted to form 上げ)
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と み 1
noun
1. riches; wealth; fortune
2. resources
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け い じ 0
notice; bulletin; post; posting; placard
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つ よ き 0 つ よ き 3
1. confident; assured; self-assured; firm; strong; cocksure
2. bullish (e.g. market)  (see also: 弱気)
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け ん り つ 0
prefectural (institution)
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り ん 1
numeric
1. one-hundredth; 0.3 mm (one-hundredth of a sun); 0.1 percent (one-hundredth of a wari); 0.0375 grams (one-hundredth of a monme)
noun
2. old monetary unit (0.001 yen)
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し ゅ つ じ ょ う 0
1. (stage) appearance; performance  (see also: 出場:でば)
2. participation (e.g. in a tournament)
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か ん り ょ う 0
noun
bureaucrat; bureaucracy
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あ つ か い 0
noun, noun (suffix), 'suru' verb
treatment; service
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じ し ょ く 0
resignation
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も の 3 も の 2 も の 0
Most common form: もの
noun
1. thing; object; article; stuff; substance
2. one's things; possessions; property; belongings  (as 〜のもの, 〜のもん)
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で ん り ゅ う 0
noun
electric current
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ひ ろ う 0
fatigue; weariness
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そ で 0
noun
1. sleeve
2. wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
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noun
several tens
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と う こ う 0
attendance (at school); going to school
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ふ し ょ う 0
injury; wound
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お ん 1
Most common form: おん
noun
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
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の ぞ ま し い 4
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
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は な す 2
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
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で き る 2
Most common form: できる
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task  (often written with kana only)
2. to be ready; to be completed  (often written with kana only)
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つ く 1
Most common form: つく
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to arrive at; to reach
2. to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)  (see also: 席に着く)
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じ ゅ う ご 1
Most common form: １５
noun
15; fifteen
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も ち 2
noun, noun (suffix)
1. hold; charge; keep possession; in charge
2. wear; durability; life; draw
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し や 1
noun
field of vision; outlook
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ふ え 0
noun
1. flute; fife; pipe; recorder; flageolet; shakuhachi; clarinet
2. whistle
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ど う き ゅ う せ い 3
noun
classmate; classmates
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し ゅ う し 1
noun
income and expenditure
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ほ う ち 1 ほ う ち 0
leave as is; leave to chance; leave alone; neglect
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さ い て き 0
optimum; the most suitable
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よ う ひ ん 0
noun
articles; supplies; parts
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い き さ つ 0
noun
1. details; particulars; whole story; sequence of events; chronology; circumstances; how it started; how things got this way  (this meaning is restricted to reading いきさつ, けいい)
2. longitude and latitude  (this meaning is restricted to reading けいい)
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げ ん し 1
noun
atom
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か い ご 1
nursing; care; caregiving; caring
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う わ さ 0
Most common form: うわさ
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
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く う か ん 0
noun
space; room; airspace
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さ ん か 0
oxidation; oxidization  (see also: 還元; chemistry term)
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れ い ぞ う こ 3
noun
refrigerator
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