The most useful 10,000 words in Japanese

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Usefulness Level 4 Vocab 1-100

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で き る 2
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task  (often written with kana only)
2. to be ready; to be completed  (often written with kana only)
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ペ ン 1
noun
pen
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あ ぶ な い 0 あ ぶ な い 3
1. dangerous; risky; hazardous; perilous; precarious
2. in danger; in jeopardy; critical; grave; at risk
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テ ー ブ ル 0
table  (see also: 卓子)
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タ ク シ ー 1
noun
taxi
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コ ピ ー 1
1. copy; photocopy
2. blurb on a book jacket
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レ コ ー ド 2
noun
1. record (e.g. LP)
2. record (e.g. athletics)
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し た し い 3
intimate; close (e.g. friend)
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な お る 2
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be cured; to get well; to be healed  (esp. 治る)
2. to get mended; to be repaired; to be fixed  (esp. 直る)
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コ ー ト 1
noun
1. coat
2. court (i.e. tennis, basketball, etc.)
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グ ル ー プ 2
noun
group (usu. of people)
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じ ん み ん 3
noun
people; public
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パ ー ト 1
noun
1. part
2. part-timer  (see also: パートタイマー; abbreviation)
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ホ ー ム 1
noun
1. platform  (see also: プラットホーム; abbreviation)
2. home
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じ ん じ 1
personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR
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か い さ つ 0
1. examination of tickets
2. ticket gate; ticket barrier  (see also: 改札口; abbreviation)
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う ち 0 う ち 1
1. inside; within
2. while  (see also: ないうちに; also 裡; often written with kana only)
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す じ 1
noun
1. muscle; tendon; sinew
2. vein; artery
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ぼ く じ ょ う 0
noun
1. farm (livestock); ranch (US); station (Aus, NZ)
2. pasture land; meadow; grazing land
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さ す 1
Most common form: さす
'su' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to shine  (see also: 射す)
2. to be visible
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あ ふ れ る 3
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to overflow; to brim over; to flood  (often written with kana only)
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き ん き ゅ う 0
urgent; pressing; emergency
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じ ゅ う て ん 3 じ ゅ う て ん 0
noun
important point; lay stress on; colon; emphasis
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こ う た い 0
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.); taking turns
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ベ ル 1
noun
1. bell
2. bel; B  (see also: デシベル)
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ぎ ょ ぎ ょ う 1
fishing (industry)
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か ど 1
noun
gate
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デ ー タ 1 デ ー タ 0
noun
data; datum
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う ら ぎ る 3
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
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ざ い が く 0
(enrolled) in school
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が く り ょ く 2 が く り ょ く 0
noun
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
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よ う こ そ 1
interjection (kandoushi)
welcome!; nice to see you!
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ほ う し ゅ う 0
noun
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
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カ レ ン ダ ー 2
noun
1. calendar
2. calender (machine for flattening things)
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き ご う 0
symbol; code; sign; notation
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だ け ど 1
conjunction
however
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さ く ね ん 0
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
last year
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は く し ょ 1
noun
white paper
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デ ザ イ ン 2
design
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と う さ ん 0
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
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こ う そ う 0
plan; plot; idea; conception
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そ ん ち ょ う 0
respect; esteem; regard
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せ い ぎ 1
noun
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning
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し ゅ び 1
defense; defence  (see also: 攻撃)
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さ い ぼ う 0
cell  (biology term)
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す べ て 1
Most common form: すべて
1. everything; all; the whole  (often written with kana only)
2. entirely; completely; wholly; all  (often written with kana only)
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こ の み 1 こ の み 3
noun
liking; taste; choice
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の う そ ん 0
noun
1. agricultural community; farm village
2. rural
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さ ん か く 1
noun
triangle; triangular
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か い じ ょ 1
cancellation; rescinding; release; calling off; lifting (sanctions); delisting
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だ い じ ん 1
noun
cabinet minister
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な い か 0
1. internal medicine, i.e. treatment by medical procedures rather than surgical procedures  (see also: 外科)
2. department of internal medicine (hospital, etc.)
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こ う ど う 0
noun
auditorium; lecture hall
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よ う じ 0
noun
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
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た い り ょ う 0
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
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し ゅ く は く 0
lodging
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た い ぼ く 0
noun
large tree
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め い し ょ 0 め い し ょ 3
noun
1. famous place
2. name of a part (of an instrument, etc.)  (this meaning is restricted to reading などころ)
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メ モ 1
memo; note; memorandum
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あ い さ つ 1
1. greeting; greetings; salutation; salute; polite set phrase used when meeting or parting from somebody
2. polite set phrase used to express apology, sympathy, congratulations, etc.
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は い く 0 は い く 3
noun
haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
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し き ち 0
noun
site; plot; lot; grounds
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ぶ ん ぷ 0
distribution; dissemination; allocation
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メ ー カ ー 1 メ ー カ ー 0
noun
manufacturer; maker
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ま る で 3 ま る で 0
1. quite; entirely; completely; at all  (often written with kana only)
2. as if; as though; just like  (often written with kana only)
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へ ん ど う 0
change; fluctuation
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り ょ う が わ 0
both sides
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こ っ せ つ 0
bone fracture
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か い ご う 0
1. meeting; assembly
2. association  (chemistry term)
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さ ん ち 1
noun
producing area
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い ち い ち 2
Most common form: 一一
adverb, noun
1. one-by-one; separately  (often written with kana only)
2. every single; each and every; without omission; fully; in detail  (often written with kana only)
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つ ま る 2
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.)
2. to be blocked (road, pipe, etc.); to be clogged; to be plugged up  (see also: 鼻が詰まる)
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ミ ス 1
1. mistake; error; failure  (see also: エラー; abbr. of the English "mistake")
noun
2. Miss
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か く ち ょ う 0
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
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に ゅ う こ く 0
entry to a country
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も
particle
1. too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence)
2. both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence)  (as ＡもＢも)
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ぶ ん け ん 0
noun
literature; books (reference); document
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め い さ く 0
noun
masterpiece
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し ょ く も つ 2
food; foodstuff
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か い か ん 0
noun
meeting hall; assembly hall
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じ ゅ う い ち 0
noun
1. 11; eleven  (this meaning is restricted to reading じゅういち)
2. Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo  (ateji derived from its call; often written with kana only)
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き ょ く た ん 3
extreme; extremity
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け ん ち ょ う 1 け ん ち ょ う 0
noun
prefectural office
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バ ラ ン ス 0 バ ラ ン ス 1
balance
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そ う ぞ く 1
succession; inheritance
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し ん か 1
evolution; progress  (opposite: 退化)
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よ そ く 0
prediction; estimation
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せ っ し ょ く 0
touch; contact
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い ち い ん 0 い ち い ん 2
noun
person; member
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お た く 0
noun
1. your house; your home; your family  (honorific)
2. your husband  (honorific)
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か ん せ ん 0
infection; contagion
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あ じ わ う 3 あ じ わ う 0
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to taste; to savor; to savour; to relish
2. to appreciate; to enjoy; to relish; to digest
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と く ゆ う 0
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
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す っ か り 3
all; completely; thoroughly  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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こ う し ゃ 1
noun
school building
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け っ し ん 1 け っ し ん 3
determination; resolution
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パ タ ー ン 2
noun
1. pattern
2. behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability; force of habit  (see also: ワンパターン)
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し き ゅ う 0
provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant
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け ん ぶ つ 0
1. sightseeing; watching; viewing
noun
2. sightseer; watcher; spectator  (see also: 見物人, 見物客; abbreviation)
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こ う せ い 1
justice; fairness; impartiality
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