The most useful 10,000 words in Japanese

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Usefulness Level 5 Vocab 2801-2900

This collection contains 99 words.
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indispensable; essential
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promoting; increase; advance
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coastal; seaside; oceanfront; maritime
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noun
1. palace; hall; shrine; temple; sanctuary
2. hall of fame
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slowly; sluggishly  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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numeric
four  (originally from Chinese 'sì')
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noun
instrumentalist; player
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Most common form: だん
noun
decision; judgment; resolution
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noun
cycle
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noun
1. demon; devil; evil spirit; evil influence
noun (suffix)
2. someone who (habitually) performs some (negative) act  (see also: 覗き魔)
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noun
lunar eclipse
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1. question
2. interpellation
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noun
annual salary
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noun
etiquette  (originally from French)
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protection
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conjunction
thereupon; hereupon
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noun
optimism
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remodelling; remodeling; reorganization; reorganisation
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn something that might be useful later
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1. opening; aperture (e.g. camera)
2. opening one's mouth; beginning to speak
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detestable; abhorrent; loathsome
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household economy; housekeeping; homemaking
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noun, noun (suffix), 'suru' verb
1. touch
2. being involved in  (opposite: ノータッチ)
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1. rise and fall (e.g. prices); fluctuation
noun
2. difference (rank, grade, quality, etc.); variation
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noun
merit; virtue; good quality  (see also: 良い)
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noun
commissioned officer
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noun
assembly hall; parliament house; diet building; capitol; houses of parliament; congress hall
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ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to follow; to conform; to apply to
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to approach; to draw near
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. woman; girl; daughter
2. Chinese "Girl" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)  (see also: 二十八宿, 玄武; astronomy, etc. term)
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noun
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
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noun
bowl (wooden)  (see also: )
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noun
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
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noun
whole school; the first proof; one proofreading
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1. to arrange
2. (musical) arrangement  (see also: アレンジメント, 編曲; abbreviation)
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noun
national debt; national securities; government bonds; government securities
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oral
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Most common form: みのる
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to bear fruit; to ripen
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noun
watt
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noun
net (weight)
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1. disk; discus; platter
noun
2. flying saucer
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chief priest (of a Buddhist temple)
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Most common form: ながあめ
noun
long spell of rain
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noun, noun or verb acting prenominally
1. intensiveness
2. collecting; summarizing; putting together; aggregating; integrating
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1. quite; really; very; extremely
2. nothing; not a bit; not at all  (with neg. verb)
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noun
used paper; paper for recycling
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day and night
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Most common form: セエター
noun
sweater; jumper
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noun
1. brocade
2. fine dress; fine clothes
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declaration; statement
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noun
(flower) petal
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1. inside the House (Diet)
2. inside the hospital
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spewing; gushing; spouting; eruption; effusion
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noun
ukiyoe (color print of everyday life in the Edo period) (colour)
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setting up specially; special installation
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noun
four balls; base on balls; a walk  (baseball term)
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noun
1. willow (any tree of genus Salix)
2. weeping willow (Salix babylonica)  (see also: 枝垂れ柳; this meaning is restricted to reading やなぎ, ヤナギ)
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noun
composition
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noun
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)  (see also: 真名)
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retribution; revenge; retorsion
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ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
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noun
fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds); fair weather; clear weather; clear sky; fair skies
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buried property; treasure trove
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noun
actual expense; cost price
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Most common form:
noun
1. height; stature
2. length (esp. of clothing)
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noun (suffix)
car; vehicle
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from time immemorial; ancient; time-honoured; time-honored
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admiration; enjoyment
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adverb, noun or verb acting prenominally
a little; partially; somewhat; slightly; semi-; -ish; on the ... side; a short time; a while  (often written with kana only)
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noun
spring
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private; exclusive; secret
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noun
antiquity; ancient times
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noun
daytime; during the day  (archaic)
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noun
age range; age-group; age bracket
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joint management; pool
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giving; provision; furnishing
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noun
1. waterway; canal; channel
2. aqueduct; conduit
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noun
(hotel) annexe (annex)
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noun
syndrome  (medicine, etc. term)
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parturition; delivery; one's child; branch; offshoot; one's other self
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noun
new piece; new song
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to lift up
2. to give; to offer; to consecrate
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exact calculation; squaring of accounts; adjustment
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corpulence; fatness; obesity
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to make (someone) do  (see also: 為る; often written with kana only)
2. to allow (someone) to  (often written with kana only)
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abstract; immaterial; moral; spiritual; intangible
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Most common form: 私利
noun
personal profit; self interest
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noun
collaboration; co-authorship
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Most common form: テンプラ
noun
tempura; deep-fried fish and vegetables in a light batter  (originally from Portuguese 'tempero, temPortugueseas')
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noun
speech
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noun
1. needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator; pointer; index
2. guiding principle; guideline; guide
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interior design; interior; upholstery
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Most common form: 男の子
noun
man; boy  (see also: 女の子; archaic)
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Most common form: 利目
noun
effect; virtue; efficacy; impression
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noun
ton (esp. a metric ton, i.e. 1000 kg); tonne  (often written with kana only)
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noun
1. pulling up; drawing up; salvage; re-flotation
2. raising; increase; upward revision
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