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The most useful 10,000 words in Japanese

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Usefulness Level 5 Vocab 2301-2400

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さ い せ ん た ん 3
1. cutting-edge; leading edge; forefront
2. ultra-fine
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り ょ う 1
noun, noun (suffix)
quantity; amount; volume; portion (of food)
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じ っ た い 3
substance; entity; object
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け わ し い 3
1. precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; impregnable; steep
2. grim; severe; stern
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さ い ば ん し ょ 0 さ い ば ん し ょ 5
Most common form: さいばんしょ
noun
court; courthouse
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え ん か 1
noun
1. enka; traditional-style Japanese popular ballad
2. troubadour
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き っ ち り 3
1. punctually; on the dot; precisely  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
2. closely; tightly; (fits) like a glove  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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し ょ う に 1
young child; infant
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と こ の ま 0
noun
tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed)
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そ く ざ 1
immediate; right there on the spot; impromptu; instant; instantaneous
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し び れ る 3
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb)  (often written with kana only)
2. to be excited; to be titillated; to be mesmerized  (often written with kana only)
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ぐ ん だ ん 0
army corps
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け ん ど う 0
noun
prefectural road
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れ ん け つ 0
concatenation; coupling; connection; linking; consolidation (e.g. of company accounts)
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か ん し ゅ う 0
1. (editorial) supervision; general editorship
noun
2. supervising director (of anime, TV series etc.)
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ぼ う ち ょ う 0
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
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ゆ み 2
Most common form: 弓
noun
1. bow (and arrow)  (ゆ is usu. a prefix)
2. archery
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び し ょ う 0
smile
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じ え い た い 0
noun
1. self-defence force; self-defense force
2. Japan Self-Defence Force; JSDF
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noun
1. vagina  (often written with kana only; archaic; slang)
2. girl  (often written with kana only; this meaning is restricted to reading めこ)
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さ し ひ き 2
Most common form: 差引き
1. deduction; subtraction; balance
2. ebb and flow; rise and fall
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に っ け い 0
noun (prefix)
1. (of) Japanese descent
noun
2. non-Japanese of Japanese descent; nikkeijin  (see also: 日系人; abbreviation)
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い し ょ く じ ゅ う 3 い し ょ く じ ゅ う 2
noun
necessities of life (food, clothing and shelter)
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ひ る す ぎ 4
Most common form: 昼すぎ
noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
just past noon; afternoon
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た い ら 0
flatness; level; smooth; calm; plain; sitting tailor fashion
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て ん し ん 0
(job) turnover
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さ い な ん 3
noun
calamity; misfortune; disaster
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お お よ ろ こ び 3
great joy
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ぐ ん 1
noun, noun (suffix)
1. group; bunch; crowd; throng; swarm; band
2. group  (mathematics)
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か い じ ょ う 0
1. opening (the doors to an event, etc.)  (see also: 閉場)
2. inauguration
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ち ん 1
rare; curious; strange
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わ し つ 0
noun
Japanese-style room
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ば っ す る 0 ば っ す る 3
suru verb - special class
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
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い じ 1
Most common form: 遺児
noun
orphan
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が ん じ ょ う 0
solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
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か き ょ く 1
noun
melody; tune; song
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げ い ひ ん か ん 3
noun
1. reception hall (esp. for visiting state dignitaries); guest house
2. State Guest House (esp. Akasaka palace, also guest house in Kyoto)
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こ こ ろ ざ す 4
'su' godan verb, intransitive verb
to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)
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テ ィ ッ シ ュ 1
noun
(facial) tissues
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な に や ら 1
something; for some reason; some kind of  (often written with kana only)
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ご う き ん 0
noun
alloy
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じ ゅ う ぐ ん 0
military service; serving in a war; taking part in a campaign
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き た か ぜ 0 き た か ぜ 4
north wind
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ひ じ 0
noun
elbow
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ぞ う け い 0
Most common form: 造型
molding; moulding; shaping; modelling (i.e. plastic arts); modeling
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せ ん さ い 0
noun
war damage
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か ん せ い 0
control
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き ら い 0
Most common form: 機雷
noun
(sea) mine
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じ は く 0
confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment
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じ ょ う れ ん 0
1. regular customer; regular patron; frequenter
2. constant companion
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さ ん や 1
Most common form: さんや
noun
hills and fields; countryside
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う ち き る 3 う ち き る 0 う ち き る 4
Most common form: 打切る
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close
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た い え き 0
retiring from military service
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か っ そ う 0
1. gliding; sliding; skating (on ice); glide; slide
2. taxiing (aircraft); making a takeoff run
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ち ょ く り ゅ う 0
direct current; DC
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に く む 2
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
to hate; to detest
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む ろ ん 0
of course; naturally
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か い め い 0
name change
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し ゅ し ょ う 0
noun
commander-in-chief; (team) captain
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noun
1,000; one thousand
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ふ じ ょ う 0
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; levitation
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と え い 0
noun
operated by the metropolitan government
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き ゅ う し ゅ つ 0
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
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ち ょ う き ょ う 0
training (animals); breaking (animals)
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し ゅ べ つ 1
classification; assortment
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こ く し ょ く 0
black (colour, color)
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げ ん じ ゅ う し ょ 2
noun
(present) address
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ゆ か 1
noun
1. floor
2. stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player)
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か ん せ ん 0
watching a (sports) game; spectating; observing (military operations)
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い ち ら ん 0
1. look; glance; sight; inspection
noun
2. summary; list; table; catalog; catalogue
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と う よ 1
prescribing medicine; administering (medicine)  (medicine, etc. term)
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だ い ど う 0
noun
main street; avenue
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げ 1 げ 0
noun
1. lowness (of degree, value, etc.); inferiority
2. second volume (of two); third volume (of three)  (see also: 下巻; opposite: 上)
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ち ゅ う と う 0
second grade; medium quality; average; middle class; secondary grade
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で ば ん 0 で ば ん 2
noun
one's turn  (see also: 順番)
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レ ン タ ル 1
rental
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か ん し ょ く 0
eating between meals; snacking
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noun
percent; percentage
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き ょ く と う 0
Far East
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し じ 1
studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to
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つ う こ く 0
announcement; notice
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さ な だ 0
noun
plait; braid
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い ち じ ょ 2
noun
daughter; the eldest daughter; woman
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じ ん か ん 0
noun
the world
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じ つ わ 0
Most common form: 実話
true story
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ち ょ う じ ゃ 3
noun
1. millionaire  (this meaning is restricted to reading ちょうじゃ)
2. one's superior; one's elder; one's senior
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み ん か 1
noun
private house
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ほ ん ど う 1
noun
main temple building; nave
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か っ こ く 1
noun
1. each nation
2. many nations; many countries
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ゆ る い 2
Most common form: ゆるい
1. loose
2. lenient; lax
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ぜ ん め つ 0
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
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し き 2
Most common form: 士気
noun
morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps
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と う か 1 と う か 0
1. throwing down; dropping; airdrop
2. investment
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あ と ま わ し 3
noun
putting off; postponing
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こ う せ い の う 3
high efficiency; high fidelity; high power
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プ ラ ス チ ッ ク 4
noun
plastic
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き ん い つ 0
uniformity; equality
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け い 1
Most common form: けい
prefix
light (e.g. vehicle, aircraft, etc.)
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