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The most useful 10,000 words in Japanese

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Usefulness Level 5 Vocab 1201-1300

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し ゃ せ い 0
sketching; drawing from nature; portrayal; description
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し ん が た 0
new type; new style; new model; new strain (e.g. infectious disease)
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さ っ と 1 さ っ と 0 さ っ と 3
1. quickly (esp. actions)  (often written with kana only)
2. suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
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え い こ う 0
noun
glory
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た い に ん 0
retirement; resignation; stepping down
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-like; sort of; similar to; resembling  (colloquialism)
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の う き ょ う 0
noun
agricultural cooperative  (see also: 農業協同組合; abbreviation)
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め ぐ ま れ る 0 め ぐ ま れ る 4 め ぐ ま れ る 5
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
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て ん こ う 0
change schools
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か い こ う 0
opening a school
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り ょ う ほ う 0
remedy; medical treatment
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suru verb - special class, intransitive verb
1. to come to an end
2. to rest
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う ち ゅ う か ん 2
noun
between right and center fielders (centre)  (baseball term)
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ぼ き ん 0
fund-raising; collection of funds
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そ う き ゅ う 0
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
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し つ れ ん 0
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
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そ っ ち ょ く 0
frankness; candour; candor; openheartedness; directness
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へ ん か く 0
1. change; transformation; innovation; reform; revolution; revolutionizing; upheaval
2. Reformation
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と う め ん 0
'no' adjective, noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
1. current; urgent; pressing; impending
2. to confront (an issue); to face (up to something)
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け っ せ ん 0
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
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お た く 0
noun
1. your house; your home; your family  (honorific)
2. your husband  (honorific)
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か く へ い き 3
Most common form: かくへいき
noun
nuclear weapons
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あ ぶ ら 0
noun
fat; tallow; lard; grease  (see also: 油)
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た じ ゅ う 0
multiple; multiplex
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ね ん し 1
noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
New Year's call; beginning of the year; New Year's greetings
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じ し ゅ う 0
self-study; teaching oneself
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は つ び ょ う 0
attack (disease)
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お め で と う 0
interjection (kandoushi)
congratulations!; an auspicious occasion!  (see also: おめでたい; often written with kana only)
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し め ん 1
noun
space (page)
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か い せ い 0
clear weather; cloudless weather; good weather
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は ん れ い 0
noun
(judicial) precedent
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し き 1
Most common form: 死期
noun
time of death
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し つ れ い 2
1. discourtesy; impoliteness  (see also: 無礼)
expression
2. Excuse me; Goodbye  (see also: 失礼します)
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こ こ ん 0
ancient and modern times; all ages; past and present
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ね っ す る 0 ね っ す る 3
suru verb - special class
to heat; to heat up
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ふ っ と う 0
boiling; seething
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み っ し ゅ う 0
crowd; close formation; dense
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ち ゅ う す う 0
centre; center; pivot; mainstay; nucleus; backbone; central figure; pillar; key man
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か ん て い 0
noun
official residence (e.g. of the prime minister)  (see also: 私邸)
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ぜ ん い き 0
the whole area
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い た だ く 0
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to buy  (see also: 貰う; humble; often written with kana only)
2. to eat; to drink  (humble; polite (teineigo) language; often written with kana only)
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ほ し ょ う に ん 0
Most common form: 保証人
noun
guarantor; bondsman
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も ら す 2
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to let leak; to reveal
2. to wet one's pants
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ぶ き み 0 ぶ き み 1
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
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ば つ ぐ ん 0
noun
1. preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness
2. outstanding; excellent; exceptional; surpassing; extraordinary; distinguished
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よ う す る に 3
expression, adverb
in a word; after all; the point is ...; in short ...; to put simply; the long and short of it is that ....
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か ご 0
noun
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage  (often written with kana only)
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ま 0
noun
space; room; time; pause
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こ う せ い 1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
posterity; future life; life to come
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し ょ う に ん 0
noun
witness
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が し 1
Most common form: 餓死
(death from) starvation; starving to death
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な い せ ん 0
noun
civil war
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ぶ じ ょ く 0
Most common form: 侮辱
insult; contempt; slight
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て あ ら い 2
noun
1. washing one's hands; water (or basin, etc.) for washing one's hands
2. restroom; lavatory; toilet  (see also: お手洗い)
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ね ん ぴ 0
noun
fuel consumption; gas mileage
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た ん ち ょ う 0
1. monotony; monotone; dullness
2. monotone; monotonic  (mathematics)
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む り ょ く 1
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
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お く さ ま 1
noun
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam  (polite (teineigo) language)
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ス ケ ジ ュ ー ル 2 ス ケ ジ ュ ー ル 3
schedule
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な ま い き 0
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; conceit; audacious; brazen; feisty
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ぜ ん と 1
noun
future prospects; outlook; the journey ahead
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ひ だ り ま え 3 ひ だ り ま え 0
noun
1. wearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead)
2. going badly (one's business, one's fortune, the economy); being in a bad financial situation
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は や さ 1
noun
1. speed; velocity; quickness; rapidity  (esp. 速さ)
2. earliness  (esp. 早さ)
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ほ ん る い だ 3
noun
home run  (baseball term)
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あ ら す 0
Most common form: 荒す
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to lay waste; to devastate; to damage
2. to invade; to break into
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は ら い 2
noun
1. payment; bill; account
2. sweeping; clearing away
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に っ し 0
noun
journal; log
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ひ っ か か る 4
Most common form: 引っかかる
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be caught in; to be stuck in
2. to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to be delayed; to take time
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ま く 2
noun
membrane; film
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に ほ ん い ち 2
Japan's best; number one in Japan
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さ く ふ う 0
noun
literary style
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ひ が し が わ 0
noun
east side; east bank
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や す う り 0
discount; bargain sale; selling cheaply
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suffix
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)  (often written with kana only)
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は れ つ 0
explosion; rupture; break off
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ど う ち 1
noun
the same place; that place
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noun (suffix)
1. implying (negatively) that something is full of (e.g. mistakes)
2. covered all over (e.g. with blood)
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と う て い 0
(cannot) possibly; no matter how
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こ う き し ん 3
noun
curiosity; inquisitiveness
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り り く 0
takeoff
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じ ゅ ん か い 0
going around; patrol; round; tour
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み な み ぐ ち 0
noun
south entrance
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と う さ い 0
1. loading (on board); equipping
noun or verb acting prenominally
2. equipped (with); built-in
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し つ ち ょ う 0 し つ ち ょ う 2
noun
section chief; laboratory manager; office head; room monitor
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う ん き ゅ う 0
service suspended (e.g. trains)
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ぶ ん ぼ 1
noun
denominator  (mathematics)
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ネ ッ ト 1
noun
1. network  (computer terminology)
2. Internet  (see also: インターネット; computer terminology; abbreviation)
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Most common form: 駆ける
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to run (race, esp. horse); to dash
2. to gallop (one's horse); to canter
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た は つ 0
repeated occurrence
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む ぎ 1
noun
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
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お の お の 2
Most common form: 各
noun, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
1. each  (see also: 各:かく)
pronoun
2. you (plural)  (archaic)
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こ う す い 0
noun
rainfall; precipitation
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も ん ぶ 1
Most common form: もんぶ
noun
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology  (see also: 文部科学省; abbreviation)
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げ き れ い 0
encouragement
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か い そ う 0
noun
class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
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noun
1. nightclub
2. clubs (card suit)
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り れ き 0
noun
1. personal history; background; career
2. log; record
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す み 0
Most common form: すみ
noun
1. charcoal
2. charred remains  (obscure term)
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す み 2
noun
1. sumi; India ink; Chinese ink; ink stick; ink-cake
2. squid ink; octopus ink
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す き 2
Most common form: 数奇
noun
refined taste; elegant pursuits  (see also: 好き)
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