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The most useful 10,000 words in Japanese

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Usefulness Level 5 Vocab 4001-4100

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し ん に ゅ う 0
noun
newly arrived; newly joined; newly entered
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し ん げ き 0
advance; charge
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じ ょ う も ん 0
noun
1. Jōmon period  (see also: 縄文時代; abbreviation)
2. straw-rope pattern
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て ん し ゅ つ 0
moving out; transfer
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お も て む き 0
noun
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official  (opposite: 裏向き)
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か い ぞ く 0
pirate; sea robber
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noun (suffix)
1. across; over; beyond; through; crossing
2. throughout (a period of time); for
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も う そ う 0
wild idea; delusion
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こ う く う き 3
noun
aircraft; aeroplane; airplane
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せ っ け ん 0
Most common form: 席巻
sweeping conquest; sweeping over; conquering; invading
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ど う せ い 0
same surname  (opposite: 異姓)
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き ょ う だ ん 0
noun
religious organization; religious organisation
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ブ ロ ッ ク 2
1. to block (e.g. the way)
noun
2. block (lump of something (usu. square), area of town, etc.)
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へ い ね ん 0
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
1. non-leap year
2. normal year (esp. as pertains to weather patterns, vegetative growth, harvest yields, etc.)
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る い け い 0
cumulative total; accumulated total; total up to now
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が く し ょ う 0
noun
(musical) movement
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み っ ち ゃ く 0
1. glued to; closely related to
2. giving total coverage to the key figure(s) of a TV or film documentary
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じ ら い 1
noun
1. land mine; booby trap
2. topic that sets one off (esp. based on previous experience); sensitive topic; taboo topic  (colloquialism)
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ま ん ざ い 3
noun
two-person comedy act (usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit); comic dialogue  (see also: 万歳)
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よ こ て 0
1. side; beside
2. feature of a sword blade
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た だ し 1
Most common form: ただし
conjunction
but; however; provided that  (often written with kana only)
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キ ャ ラ 1
noun
1. (fictional) character  (see also: キャラクター; abbreviation)
2. character; personality; persona
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ゆ っ た り 3
1. comfortable; easy; calm; relaxed  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
2. loose; spacious
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は っ し ょ う 0
1. origin
2. appearance of auspicious omen
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キ ャ ス ト 1
1. cast (play, film, etc.)
2. cast (e.g. type conversion)  (computer terminology)
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ソ ン グ 1
noun
1. song
2. thong
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む ら び と 0
noun
villager
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に ゅ う こ く か ん り き ょ く 7
Most common form: 入国管理局
noun
Immigration Bureau; Immigration Office
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こ う ろ う 0
noun
meritorious deed; services
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か ん ら く 0
fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation
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は く 1
Most common form: はく
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to vomit; to throw up; to spit up
2. to emit; to send forth; to breathe out
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た ち 0 た ち 3
noun
long sword
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ふ く ぎ ょ う 0
Most common form: 副業
noun
side job; sideline; subsidiary business
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メ ー ル 0
1. email  (abbreviation)
noun
2. mail (usu. in phrases and compound words)
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ふ た ば 2 ふ た ば 0
bud; sprout
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ひ ど り 0
Most common form: 日どり
noun
fixed date; appointed day
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か し わ 0
noun
oak; daimyo oak; Japanese emperor oak; Quercus dentata
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げ た 0
noun
1. geta; Japanese wooden clogs
2. turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character  (see also: 伏せ字; later printed as 〓, resembling the teeth of a geta)
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い ま ど き 0
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
present day; today; recently; these days; nowadays; at this hour
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つ き あ う 3
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go steady with; to get on with
2. to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone; to compromise
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し ょ う し つ 0
die out; disappear; vanish
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し ん さ い 0
noun
1. earthquake disaster
2. Great Kanto Earthquake (1923)  (see also: 関東大震災; abbreviation)
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ジ ュ ニ ア 1
noun, noun or verb acting prenominally
junior
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た い け い 0
noun
1. figure; body shape; build; physique; form
2. somatotype; biotype; habitus; (type of) physique  (medicine, etc. term; this meaning is restricted to form 体型)
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お も た い 0
heavy; massive; serious; important; severe; oppressed
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コ ン ビ 1
noun
combination; pair; duo  (abbreviation)
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り ゅ う 1
noun (suffix), noun
1. fashion; way; style; manner
2. school (of thought)
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コ ミ ッ ク 1
noun
1. comic books; comics
2. comic; comical
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そ う 1
Most common form: そう
noun
1. conception; idea; thought
2. samjna (perception)  (see also: 五蘊; Buddhist term)
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キ ン グ 1
noun
king
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ち ゅ う な ん べ い 3
noun
Central and South America
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り ゃ く す 2
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to abbreviate; to omit  (see also: 略する)
2. to take; to capture
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た い の う 0
non-payment; default
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ぐ ん ぷ く 0
noun
military or naval uniform
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ふ る う 0
to muster (e.g. one's courage); to call forth; to rouse up; to be enlivened; to be invigorated
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さ ず け る 3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to grant; to award; to teach
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ぼ う ら く 0
slump; crash; heavy fall; decline
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ふ っ こ く 0
republishing; republication; reissuing; reproduction
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よ う せ い 0
fairy; sprite; elf
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よ わ ま る 3
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
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し ろ 2
noun
1. substitution
2. material
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じ ょ う ぎ 1
noun
(measuring) ruler
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き ゃ く せ ん 0
noun
passenger boat
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む せ い げ ん 2
limitless
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え ん ざ ん 0
operation; calculation  (mathematics)
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ガ イ ド 1
guide; tour guide; conductor; guiding; leading
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ぎ ぼ 1
noun
1. mother-in-law
2. foster mother
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し ち や 2
noun
pawnshop
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り ょ だ ん 1
noun
brigade
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ち か く 0
perception
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イ ラ ス ト 0
noun
illustration  (see also: イラストレーション; abbreviation)
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い と こ 3
noun
cousin (male)  (see also: 従姉妹; often written with kana only)
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そ ん と く 1
noun
loss and gain; advantage and disadvantage
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ま ね き 3
noun
invitation
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イ オ ン 1
ion; electrically-charged atom
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シ テ ィ 1
noun
city
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が ん 1
Most common form: がん
noun
prayer; wish; vow
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ふ う い ん 0
noun
1. seal; stamp
2. to stamp; to affix a seal; to seal up; to seal off
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さ よ う な ら 4
interjection (kandoushi)
good-bye  (often written with kana only)
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ば ん が い 0
noun
1. exception; supernumerary; extra (theatrical)
2. extra (e.g. performance, item, object, etc.); additional
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prefix
re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-
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こ う て い 1
high and low; rise and fall
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noun, noun (suffix), prefix
1. super-; ultra-; hyper-; very; really
noun, noun (suffix)
2. over (after a number or counter); more than
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か ん こ う 0
customary practice; habit; traditional event
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あ く じ 1
noun
evil deed; crime; wickedness
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セ ク シ ョ ン 1
noun
section
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し ゃ さ つ 0
shooting to death
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い め い 0
another name; nickname; alias
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な い め ん 0
noun
inside; interior
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げ ん だ い 0
noun
original title
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ひ と ま ず 2
Most common form: ひとまず
for the present; once; in outline  (often written with kana only)
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じ ょ じ 0
noun
baby girl; primary schoolgirl  (see also: 男児)
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が い ろ ん 0
introduction; outline; general remarks
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き じ ゅ ん ほ う 0
noun
basic law
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こ う か 1 こ う か 0
hardening; vulcanization; vulcanisation; sclerosis; curing  (opposite: 軟化)
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ひ と え 2
Most common form: 一重
one layer; single; onefold
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ぜ っ ぱ ん 0
out of print
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よ ほ ど 0
1. very; greatly; much; to a large extent; quite  (see also: 余っ程; 余 is ateji; often written with kana only)
2. just about to  (see also: 余っ程)
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め い あ ん 0
noun
light and darkness; light and shade
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え ん か く 0
distant; remote; isolated
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