The most useful 10,000 words in Japanese

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Usefulness Level 3 Vocab 801-900

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お う 0
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to bear; to carry on one's back  (see also: 背負う)
2. to take responsibility for; to accept a duty
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そ く め ん 0 そ く め ん 3 そ く め ん 2
noun
side; flank; aspect; dimension; profile; sidelight; lateral
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の う み ん 0
farmers; peasants
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か く と く 1
acquisition; possession
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と り あ え ず 3 と り あ え ず 4 と り あ え ず 0
1. first of all; at once; right away  (often written with kana only)
2. for now; for the time being  (often written with kana only)
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か ん ば ん 0
noun
1. signboard; sign; billboard; hoarding; doorplate
2. draw; attraction; feature; highlight; spokesman; figurehead
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お そ ろ し い 4
1. terrible; dreadful; terrifying; frightening; frightened
2. surprising; startling; tremendous; amazing  (often as 恐ろしく)
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せ ん こ う 0
major subject; special study
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し だ い 0
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
1. dependent upon
2. as soon as; immediately (upon)  (often after the -masu stem of a verb)
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で ん ぽ う 0
noun
telegram
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し ゅ っ さ ん 0
1. childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; parturition; confinement
2. production (of goods)
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チ ョ コ レ ー ト 3
noun
chocolate
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は り 1
Most common form: はり
noun
1. needle; pin  (see also: 鍼)
2. hook  (see also: 鉤, 釣り針)
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む だ 0
futility; uselessness; pointlessness
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か
particle
1. indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical)  (was written as 歟, used at sentence-end)
2. or; whether or not  (after each alternative)
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ね が う 2
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to desire; to wish; to hope
2. to beg; to request; to implore; to pray
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く ぶ ん 0 く ぶ ん 1
division; section; demarcation; partition; segmentation; subdivision; (traffic) lane; compartment; classification; sorting
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か く ご 1
resolution; resignation; readiness; preparedness
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ご う ど う 0
1. combination; union; incorporation; amalgamation; fusion
2. congruence  (mathematics)
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し ょ う り 1
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
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ら い に ち 0
arrival in Japan; coming to Japan; visit to Japan
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け ん り ょ く 1
(political) power; authority; influence
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で あ い 0
noun
1. meeting; rendezvous; encounter
2. confluence  (esp. 出合い, 出合)
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き ょ う り ょ く 0
powerful; strong
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あ っ か 0
Most common form: あっ化
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
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け い こ く 0
warning; advice
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た よ る 2
Most common form: 便る
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to rely on; to have recourse to; to depend on
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え ん し ゅ つ 0
production (e.g. play); direction
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げ き 1
noun
1. drama; play
2. powerful drug  (abbr of 劇薬; abbreviation)
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noun
consequence; outcome; result; blame  (often ...のせい; often written with kana only)
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お う さ ま 0
noun
king  (honorific)
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じ ま ん 0
pride; boast
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じ ょ う だ ん 3
jest; joke; funny story  (see also: 笑談; じょうだん is sometimes written 笑談)
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じ し ゅ 1
independence; autonomy
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ど く し ん 0
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
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ふ せ ぐ 2
'gu' godan verb, transitive verb
to defend (against); to protect; to prevent
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ち じ ょ う 0
1. above ground; surface
2. earth; world
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ち て ん 1 ち て ん 0 ち て ん 2
noun
site; point on a map; spot
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ほ ん じ つ 1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
today
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こ う り つ 0
noun
public (institution)
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
to turn on; to switch on; to light up  (see also: 付ける; often written with kana only)
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い 0
noun
1. stomach
2. Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)  (see also: 胃宿, 白虎; astronomy, etc. term)
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じ ょ う き ゅ う 0
noun
advanced level; high grade; senior
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し た ま ち 0
noun
1. low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.)
2. Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)  (see also: 山の手)
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た い 1
noun, noun (suffix)
1. body; physique; posture
2. shape; form; style
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ぎ ん 1
Most common form: 白金
1. silver (Ag)
noun
2. silver coin; money
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な げ る 2
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to throw; to cast away
2. to face defeat; to give up
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い ち お う 0
1. more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion; pretty much; roughly; so far as it goes
2. tentatively; for the time being
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う つ る 2
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to move (house); to transfer (department)
2. to change the target of interest or concern
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う ご く 2
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to move; to stir; to shift; to shake; to swing
2. to operate; to run; to go; to work
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ト ッ プ 1
noun
1. top
2. top position
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ま ち か ど 0
noun
street corner
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さ い せ い 0
1. resuscitation; regeneration; restoration to life
2. reformation; rehabilitation
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き ん え ん 0
1. abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking  (see also: 喫煙)
expression
2. No Smoking!; Smoking Prohibited!  (on a sign)
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お じ 0
noun
uncle  (see also: 叔母・おば; 伯父 or 叔父 respectively can mean older or younger than one's parent)
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み ぶ ん 1
noun
social position; social status
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ト マ ト 1
noun
tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
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は い し 0
abolition; repeal
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し ょ く ど う 0
noun
1. dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; messroom
2. restaurant; eatery; snack bar; diner
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え い ぞ う 0
1. reflection; image; picture (e.g. on a television); shot
2. video; film; footage; clip; video recording
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auxiliary adjective, 'i' adjective
difficult to ...; hard to ...  (see also: 為難い; after -masu stem of verb; often written with kana only)
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す て き 0
lovely; dreamy; beautiful; great; fantastic; superb; cool; capital
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さ か い 2
Most common form: 界
noun
1. border; boundary  (usu. さかい)
2. turning point; watershed  (often ...を境に; this meaning is restricted to reading さかい)
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し ょ う が く き ん 0 し ょ う が く き ん 4 し ょ う が く き ん 3
noun
1. scholarship; stipend; bursary
2. student loan
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な ん と 1
Most common form: なんと
what; how; whatever
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そ ち 1
measure; measures; step
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せ い と う 0
political party
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か ん そ く 0
observation; survey; measurement
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も く よ う 3 も く よ う 0
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
Thursday
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さ だ め る 3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to decide; to establish; to determine
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う ま れ 0
noun
1. birth; birthplace
noun (suffix), 'no' adjective
2. born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
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あ く 0
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to open (e.g. doors)  (esp. 開く)
2. to open (e.g. business, etc.)  (esp. 開く)
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た か め る 3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
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よ び 1
preparation; preliminaries; reserve; spare
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た い い ん 0
leaving hospital; discharge from hospital
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か ぶ し き 2
noun
stock (company)
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か い ぞ う 0
1. remodeling; remodelling; restructuring; reconstruction; reshuffling (e.g. cabinet)
2. modding  (computer terminology)
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て ん こ う 0
noun
weather
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え ん ぎ 1
acting; performance
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こ う り つ 0
noun
efficiency; efficacy; performance; utility factor
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あ ら た め る 4
Most common form: 革める
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to change; to alter; to revise; to replace  (see also: 改まる; this meaning is restricted to form 改める, 革める)
2. to reform; to correct; to mend; to improve  (this meaning is restricted to form 改める, 革める)
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は 0
noun
leaf
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う ん め い 1
noun
fate; destiny; lot
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あ つ い 2
hot (weather, etc.); warm  (opposite: 寒い)
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そ れ か ら 0
expression
and then; after that  (often written with kana only)
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マ フ ラ ー 1
noun
muffler (garment, vehicle); scarf
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え い せ い 0
satellite
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し ゅ う か く 0
1. harvest; crop; ingathering
2. fruits (of one's labors); results
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こ う が く 0 こ う が く 1
noun
engineering
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セ ッ ト 1
1. set
2. set meal  (as in ビッグマックセット)
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noun (suffix)
keep ...-ing (negative nuance, with the state being improper, unpleasant, etc.); have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use  (often written with kana only)
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た い こ く 0
noun
large country; major powers
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み や こ 0
noun
capital; metropolis
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き ち 1 き ち 2
noun
base
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し た 1
noun
1. tongue
2. tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
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さ く げ ん 0
cut; reduction; curtailment
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し ょ ぶ ん 1
1. disposal; dealing (with a problem); disposition; measure; procedure
2. punishment
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よ あ け 3
Most common form: 夜明
noun
dawn; daybreak
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ふ く し ゅ う 0
review; revision
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う で 2
noun
1. arm
2. skill; efforts; ability
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