The most useful 10,000 words in Japanese

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Usefulness Level 5 Vocab 4601-4700

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noun
(pet) owner; keeper
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source
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noun
postmark; (postal) cancellation mark
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Most common form: 讚美
praise; adoration; glorification
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1. to hang; to suspend (something from something); to be hanged (by the neck)
2. to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth  (sumo term)
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noun
1. element (esp. component in electronics); elemental device; device
2. data; datum
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receiving payments (pension, ration)
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noun
prefectural police
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noun
plenipotentiary powers; full authority
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noun
Red Army
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noun
different opinion; objection
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'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be ill; to suffer from  (esp. 患う)
2. to worry about; to be concerned about  (esp. 煩う)
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negative; minus  (see also: )
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lecture cancellation; cancelling (lecture, class, etc.)
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transfer; transport; removal
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noun
traditional Chinese medicine  (see also: 和方)
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Most common form: 段どり
programme; program; plans; arrangements
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noun
1. white robe; (doctor's) white gown
2. pilgrim's white robe  (usually read びゃくえ)
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1. assuming the air of ...; behaving like ...  (often written with kana only)
2. to put on airs; to be self-important  (colloquialism; often written with kana only)
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noun
sandbank; sandbar
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noun
mountain climbing; mountaineering
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noun
1. guy; fellow; chap; buddy
noun, pronoun
2. bastard; asshole; arsehole; son of a bitch  (male term or language; derogatory; slang)
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isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
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Most common form: オーバ
1. overcoat  (abbreviation)
2. over; exceeding; going beyond; exaggeration  (opposite: アンダー)
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noun
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
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noun, prefix
1. assistant; associate; vice-; sub-; deputy; substitute; auxiliary; supplementary; additional; collateral
noun
2. duplicate; copy
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noun
stalk; stem
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Most common form: 飲込む
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to gulp down; to swallow deeply
2. to understand; to take in; to catch on to; to learn; to digest
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noun
movement; dynamic state  (see also: 静態)
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drifting; drift; being adrift
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noun
ti; si; 7th note in the tonic solfa representation of the diatonic scale
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noun
lord of a castle
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suru verb - special class, transitive verb
1. to guess; to sense; to presume; to judge
2. to sympathize with; to sympathise with
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noun
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld) (travelers); Ksitigarbha; Jizo  (abbreviation)
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noun
unripe plum
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noun
crystal
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noun
meeting; get-together (e.g. among friends)
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noun
chief (of police); head (of office)
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noun
attribute; property; context
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noun
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point  (opposite: 強み)
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noun
1. nectar
2. honey
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Most common form: 鞏固
firmness; stability; security; strength
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1. early; soon
2. quickly; swiftly; rapidly; fast
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noun or verb acting prenominally
own; personal; autologous
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Most common form: 突風
noun
squall; sudden gust
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1. advance guard; vanguard
2. avant-garde (e.g. music)
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front part; fore; front
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1. bang; bam; boom; thud; thump; crash  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
noun
2. noontime signal gun (early Meiji to early Showa); noontime signal shot
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noun
air
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redecoration; remodelling; remodeling; refurbishment
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noun
1. festival (shrine visit) by children aged 7, 5 and 3
2. lucky numbers 7, 5 and 3
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final appeal to the highest court  (law, etc. term)
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noun
badness; mean mischief
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main current; main current of thought
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
sincerity; good faith
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noun (suffix)
tumor; tumour
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noun
balance; difference; margin
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untrue; falsehood; fiction; deception; vanity
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noun
fresco; mural; wall painting
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special mention
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1. in that way (concerning the actions of the listener or concerning the ideas expressed or understood by the listener; with a neg. sentence, implies that something isn't as much as one might think); thus; such  (see also: 斯う, ああ, 如何; often written with kana only)
interjection (kandoushi)
2. so (used to express agreement with something said)  (often written with kana only)
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
to notify; to advise; to inform
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noun
beginning of the week; new week opening; Monday
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noun, noun or verb acting prenominally
mobile
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noun
thousands of miles
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. angle
2. square (or cube)
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Most common form: 元手
noun
funds; capital; stock
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Most common form: 課す
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
to levy; to charge; to assess; to impose; to assign  (see also: 課する)
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noun
1. direct; right through; straight  (see also: 通し)
2. appetizer; appetiser  (see also: お通し)
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autopsy; inquest; investigation of death
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coming into effect
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established; completed; existing
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noun
1. palm (of one's hand)
2. skill
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Most common form: なると
noun
1. strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; maelstrom  (from 鳴門海峡)
2. kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern  (see also: 鳴門巻き; abbreviation)
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noun
human power; human strength; human effort; human agency
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noun
mermaid; merman
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1. chain; chaining; catena; connection
2. (genetic) linkage
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noun
genealogy; pedigree
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noun
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology  (see also: 文部科学省; abbreviation)
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expression
always; without fail; invariably; usually; regularly
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
at any time; as occasion calls
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noun
1. one building (hall, temple, shrine, room)
2. same room; same place; same building
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Most common form: かい
noun, noun (suffix)
1. storey; story; floor
noun
2. stairs  (see also: )
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Most common form: 名乗
1. giving one's name (or rank, etc.); self-introduction  (see also: 名ノリ)
2. name readings of kanji
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Most common form: 度合
noun
degree; extent
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quiet; calm; leisurely; easy
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noun
1. hanging; something hanging (i.e. a flap, lappet, etc.)
2. sauce for dipping, etc. made from soy sauce, mirin, vinegar and dashi  (also タレ; often written with kana only)
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noun
accessories; small articles
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noun
1. lip service; mere words; professions
2. lips; mouth; snout; proboscis
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noun
atmospheric current; air current; airflow
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noun
moon's surface
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. group; party; team  (also read ぱん as a suffix)
2. squad; section  (military)
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Most common form: 天台宗
noun
Tendai sect (of Buddhism)
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incurability
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judgement; judgment; penalty; punishment
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Most common form: 決行
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
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noun
emergency
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Most common form: バチ
noun
(divine) punishment; curse; retribution
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torture; the rack; third degree
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Ichidan verb - zuru verb (alternative form of -jiru verbs), transitive verb
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in  (see also: 信じる)
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