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The most useful 10,000 words in Japanese

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Usefulness Level 5 Vocab 3001-3100

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あ せ る 2
Most common form: あせる
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind; to be surprised
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こ く そ 1
accusation; complaint; charge; legal action
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だ い ち 0 だ い ち 1
noun
plateau; tableland; eminence
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こ う な い 1
within a school
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よ う し ゃ 1
1. pardon; forgiveness; mercy
2. leniency; going easy (on someone)
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か わ か す 3
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
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せ ん 1
Most common form: 栓
noun
stopper; cork; stopcock
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ゆ ず 1
noun
yuzu (Citrus ichangensis x C. reticulata)  (often written with kana only)
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コ ミ ュ ニ ケ ー シ ョ ン 4
noun
communication
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り ょ う か い 0
noun
territorial waters
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noun (suffix)
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
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り ょ け ん 0
noun
passport  (see also: パスポート)
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へ ん き ょ く 0
noun
1. arrangement
2. to arrange; to orchestrate
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こ い 1
noun
1. intention; purpose; bad faith
2. mens rea (guilty mind)  (see also: 構成要件)
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と だ な 0
noun
cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe; cabinet
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し ら 1
prefix
1. white
2. unseasoned; undyed; unaltered
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か で ん 0
noun
consumer electronics; consumer electrical appliances  (from 家庭用電化製品; abbreviation)
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ぎ そ う 0
1. camouflage; disguise
2. pretense; feigning; masquerade
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よ う か い 0
noun
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon; monster; goblin
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か と 1
Most common form: 過渡
noun
1. crossing; ferry
2. transient
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も ち ろ ん 2
of course; certainly; naturally  (often written with kana only)
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せ い 1
noun
Spain  (abbreviation)
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こ う み ょ う 0
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
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く ん 0
Most common form: 訓
noun
native Japanese reading (rendering) of a Chinese character  (see also: 音)
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お よ ぎ 3
noun
swimming
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じ き 1
1. soon; in a moment; before long; shortly
2. nearby; close
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か ん 1
noun
coffin; casket
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ぞ う し ょ く 0
increase; multiplication; propagation
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て ん て ん 0 て ん て ん 3
1. moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly
2. rolling about
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つ ま ず く 0 つ ま ず く 3
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to stumble; to trip  (often written with kana only)
2. to fail  (often written with kana only)
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せ ん さ い 0
1. dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; slim
2. sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
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は ん だ 0
noun
solder; pewter
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て わ け 3
Most common form: 手わけ
division of labour; division of labor; splitting into groups (e.g. to search)
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と く 1
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to untie; to unfasten; to unwrap; to undo; to unbind; to unpack
2. to unsew; to unstitch
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じ ゅ し 1
resin; rosin
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も く 1
noun
1. Thursday  (see also: 木曜; abbreviation)
2. wood (first of the five elements)  (see also: 五行)
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に が お 0
noun
portrait; likeness
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ま し た 3
Most common form: ました
right under; directly below
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う ら が え す 3
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over
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し ょ う ひ ょ う 0
noun
trademark
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お お お と こ 3
noun
great man; giant
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へ い ご う 0
merger; joining into one; melding; merging; annexation; absorption
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し ょ く ん 1
noun
Gentlemen!; Ladies!
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こ う 1
noun, noun (suffix)
1. going; travelling (traveling)
2. type of classical Chinese verse (usu. an epic)
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れ き に ん 0
successive jobs; consecutive jobs
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し ゅ う い ん 0
noun
lower house of the Diet; House of Representatives  (see also: 衆議院; abbreviation)
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た く す 2
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to entrust  (see also: 託する)
2. to make an excuse of
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せ っ せ と 1
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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よ う が く 0
noun
Western music; European music  (see also: 邦楽)
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と と の え る 4 と と の え る 3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to put in order; to arrange; to adjust
2. to get ready; to prepare
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せ い ね ん 0
noun
the year of a person's birth; age
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ち ど り 1
Most common form: ちどり
noun
plover  (often written with kana only)
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け た 0
Most common form: けた
noun
1. column; beam; girder; crossbeam; spar; yard
2. digit; decade; order of magnitude
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と
と 1
Most common form: 途
noun
way
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と
Most common form: 斗
noun
1. to (measure of volume, approx. 18 litres)  (obsolete term)
2. square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)  (see also: 枡形)
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え き 1
noun, noun (suffix)
liquid; fluid
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て い げ ん 0
proposal; motion; recommendation
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い る 1
Most common form: 鋳る
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to cast; to mint; to coin
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じ ゅ た く 0
being entrusted with; taking charge of
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か し ょ う 0
song; singing
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noun, prefix
pan-
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じ ょ う こ う 0
noun
clause; article; stipulations
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こ う き ょ 1
noun
Imperial Palace (of Japan); imperial residence
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numeric
eight  (originally from Chinese 'bā')
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く さ い 2
1. stinking; smelly
2. suspicious; fishy
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こ う い ん 0
noun
factory worker
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た か だ い 0
elevation; high ground
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い く ぶ ん 0
adverb, noun
1. somewhat; to some extent; to some degree
noun
2. some; part; portion
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ぶ い 1
part; position (in a whole, i.e. body)
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じ て ん 0
Most common form: じてん
rotation (usu. on an axis); turning; spin  (see also: 回転)
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せ い つ う 0
1. acquaintance; having knowledge; being expert; being versed in; conversant
2. first ejaculation
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suffix
1. Mt.; Mount  (after the name of a mountain)
2. Mt.; Mount  (see also: 山号; after a temple's honorific mountain name)
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ら く え ん 0
noun
pleasure garden; paradise
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せ い が く 0
vocal music
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だ と う 0
knockdown (e.g. in boxing); overthrow; defeat
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き せ い 0
parasitism; parasite
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ろ じ 1
noun
1. alley; alleyway; lane  (this meaning is restricted to form 路地, 露路)
2. bare earth (i.e. ground not covered by a roof); open field; outdoors (non-greenhouse cultivation of crops)
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こ う か 1
Most common form: こうか
noun
engineering course
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ほ う 0 ほ う 1
Most common form: ほう
noun, noun (suffix)
information; news; report
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し ょ う し ゅ う 0
calling or convening (a meeting, assembly, congress)
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き ゅ う め い 0
lifesaving
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ご し ょ 1
Most common form: ご所
noun
old imperial palace
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counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
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か み し も 1
noun
1. samurai costume; old ceremonial costume
2. top and bottom; up and down; high and low; above and below; upper and lower ends  (orig. meaning; this meaning is restricted to form 上下)
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ふ み 1
Most common form: 文
noun
letter; writings
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み が ら 0
noun
one's person
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は い ぞ く 0
Most common form: はいぞく
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
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じ ん き 0
noun
prevailing mood of a locality; emotional climate of a district
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え い こ く 0
noun
Great Britain; the United Kingdom
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が っ た い 0
1. union; coalescence; amalgamation; combination; alliance; annexation; incorporation
2. copulation; penetration
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ひ き さ げ る 4
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to pull down; to lower; to reduce; to withdraw
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ま と め る 0 ま と め る 4
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to collect; to put (it all) together; to integrate; to consolidate; to unify  (often written with kana only)
2. to summarize; to aggregate  (often written with kana only)
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ほ ろ び る 3 ほ ろ び る 0
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
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な ら う 2
Most common form: ならう
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
to imitate; to follow; to emulate  (often written with kana only)
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じ ょ う こ う 0
getting on and off; embarking and disembarking
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numeric
seven  (originally from Chinese 'qī')
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こ っ か し け ん 5
Most common form: 国家試験
noun
state examination
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な か に わ 0
noun
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
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ま じ る 2
Most common form: 交る
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest; to join
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ざ い い 1
reign (i.e of a ruler)
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