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The most useful 10,000 words in Japanese

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Usefulness Level 5 Vocab 1401-1500

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さ い し ゅ 1
picking; collecting; harvesting
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こ う や く 0
public commitment; public promise; campaign pledge; official vow
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げ き て き 0
1. dramatic; exciting; touching  (this meaning is restricted to form 劇的)
2. extreme  (colloquialism)
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か お い ろ 0
noun
1. complexion; one's colour; one's color
2. countenance; expression; one's face
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み ん じ 1
civil affairs; civil case
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ち ゃ の ま 0
noun
living room (Japanese-style)
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auxiliary
1. probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.)
2. don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to
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こ く ち 1
notice; announcement
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は ん そ く 0
foul play (sport); breaking the rules; infringement; irregularity
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く だ ら な い 0
good-for-nothing; stupid; trivial; worthless  (often written with kana only)
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ち ょ っ か く 0
right angle; perpendicular
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よ う り ょ う 3
noun
1. capacity; volume
2. capacitance  (see also: 電気容量; abbreviation)
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た な ば た 0
noun
Festival of the Weaver (July 7th); Star Festival (one of the five annual festivals)  (see also: 五節句)
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そ う お う 0
suitability; fitness
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し か 1
Most common form: 詩歌
Japanese (and Chinese) poetry
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こ え る 2
Most common form: 肥える
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to grow fat; to gain weight; to put on weight
2. to grow fertile  (of soil)
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ち ゅ う き ゅ う 0
intermediate level
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し ゆ う 0
private ownership
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い か 1
noun
medical science; medical department
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ひ と つ き 2
noun
one month
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ア ル フ ァ ベ ッ ト 4
alphabet
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み な み が わ 0
noun
south side
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で ん せ ん 0
contagion; infection
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よ う し ょ く 0
noun
1. Western cooking; Western-style meal; Western-style food  (see also: 和食)
2. Japanized Western cuisine
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か ん 1
noun, noun (suffix)
warship
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だ い さ ん し ゃ 1
noun
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
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お ん な ら し い 5
womanly; ladylike; feminine
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こ う れ い 0
established practice; custom
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わ く 0
Most common form: わく
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil
2. to be in a state of excitement; to get excited; to take place energetically; to erupt (e.g. in applause, cheers)
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た え る 2
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to die out; to peter out; to become extinct
2. to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued; to be cut off
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い た ん 0
Most common form: 異端
heresy
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せ つ だ ん 0
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
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こ う そ 1
koso appeal (initial appeal to a higher court)
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ね ん が ん 0
one's heart's desire; earnest petition
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し せ ん 1
noun
Sichuan (China); Szechuan; Szechwan
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じ ん ぐ う 3
Most common form: 神宮
noun, noun (suffix)
high-status Shinto shrine with connection to imperial family; imperial Shinto shrine
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み ん え い 0
noun
private management
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な い し ん 0
1. innermost thoughts; real intention; inmost heart; one's mind; in the heart
noun
2. inner center (centre)  (see also: 外心; mathematics)
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ド リ ル 1 ド リ ル 0 ド リ ル 2
noun
1. drill (tool)
2. drill (practice)
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ふ か ん ぜ ん 2
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
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Most common form: 総
noun, prefix
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
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こ ろ し 0
noun
murder; killing; murderer
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し ょ い ん 0
noun
drawing room; study; publishing house; writing alcove
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つ う し ょ う 0
popular name; nickname; alias
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こ っ か 1 こ っ か 0
noun
national anthem
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て い た く 0
noun
mansion; residence
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し ぎ か い 2
noun
city council
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し ょ う り ょ う 3
'na' adjective, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
1. small dose; small quantity
2. narrowmindedness  (esp. 小量)
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そ れ で も 3
conjunction
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding  (often written with kana only)
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ま と 0
noun
mark; target
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は い え ん 0
pneumonia
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せ ん し ゅ う 0
specialization; specialisation
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ス イ ス 1
noun
Switzerland  (often written with kana only; originally from French 'Suisse')
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か わ く 2
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
to get dry
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noun, suffix
section of village
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ひ ざ し 0
Most common form: 日ざし
noun
sunlight; rays of the sun
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ぶ ぞ く 1 ぶ ぞ く 0
tribe; clan; house
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ろ ん ぎ 1
discussion; argument; debate
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き ょ う よ う 0
common use; communal use; sharing
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え の ぐ 0
Most common form: 絵具
noun
paint; coloring materials; colors; colours
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ス ペ シ ャ ル 2
special
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は い 0
Most common form: はい
noun
ash; ashes
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す え っ こ 0
noun
youngest child
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た い い ん 0
noun
troops; group members; team members
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も の さ し 3 も の さ し 4
Most common form: 物指
noun
ruler; measure
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そ こ で 0
conjunction
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore  (often written with kana only)
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た い し て 1
(not so) much; (not) very  (often written with kana only)
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ね ん 1
noun
1. year (e.g. AD)
2. counter for years
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し 1
noun, noun (suffix)
city
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ん
Most common form: んと
interjection (kandoushi)
1. yes; yeah; uh huh  (see also: うん)
2. huh?; what?
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ふ う し ゅ う 0
noun
custom
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め ん じ ょ 1
exemption; exoneration; discharge
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ミ ル ク 1
noun
milk
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ゆ う か ん 0
brave; heroic; gallant
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noun, noun (suffix), counter
pair
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も ち ぬ し 2
Most common form: 持主
noun
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
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と う ば ん 0
taking the mound; pitching a game  (see also: 降板; baseball term)
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そ う し ゃ 1
noun
runner
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せ ば ん ご う 2
noun
number on player's back
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て き た い 0
hostility; antagonism; opposition
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じ ょ き ょ 1
Most common form: じょきょ
removal; getting rid of
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じ き 1
1. next term; next period
2. next version; next release
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す き ま 0
noun
1. crevice; crack; gap; opening; clearance
2. spare moment; interval; break; pause; spare time
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じ ゅ わ き 2
Most common form: 受話機
noun
(telephone) receiver
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い っ か い 3
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat; one inning
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ひ ょ う 0
noun, noun (suffix)
table (e.g. Table 1); chart; list
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ざ つ だ ん 0
chatting; idle talk
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き ち ょ う 1 き ち ょ う 2
noun
pilot
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で ん き 1
noun
electrical machinery; appliances
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し せ ん 0
noun
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
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ぬ き 0
adverb, suffix
1. without; not including; dispensed with
2. (beating) in succession
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ス プ ー ン 2
noun
spoon
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く さ り 0 く さ り 3
noun
chain; chains
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と く れ い 0
noun
special case; exception
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げ や 1
1. retirement from public office  (of a public servant)
2. going into opposition; losing power  (see also: 野党; of a political party)
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ぶ ん か ざ い 3 ぶ ん か ざ い 0
noun
cultural assets; cultural property
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め い め い 0
naming; christening
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ひ き か え 0
Most common form: 引換
noun
exchange; conversion
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し ょ せ ん 0
noun
first match (in a series)
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ね ん ご う 3
noun
name of an era; year number
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