The most useful 10,000 words in Japanese

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Usefulness Level 4 Vocab 1501-1600

This collection contains 100 words.
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か ん ぜ い 0
noun
tariff (import tax); duty; customs
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む こ 1
noun
1. husband; groom
2. (one's) son-in-law
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こ ん ち ゅ う 0
insect; bug
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し へ い 1
noun
paper money; note; bill
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び ょ う 1
noun
second (60th min)
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は ん し ゃ 0
1. reflection; reverberation  (physics terminology)
2. reflex; reflexes  (biology term)
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き ん こ 1
noun
1. safe; strongbox; cashbox; vault; strongroom
2. depository; cash office; treasury; provider of funds
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つ ま む 0
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
to pinch; to hold; to pick up  (often written with kana only)
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つ ゆ 1
noun
1. rainy season (in Japan from early June to mid-July)
2. rain during the rainy season
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ふ う 1
noun
seal
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ぎ ん ざ 0
noun
1. Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo)
2. (Edo period) silver mint
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せ ん し ゃ 1
noun
tank (military vehicle)
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ら っ か 0
fall; drop; come down
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ぶ ん ぱ い 0
division; splitting; sharing; distribution; dissemination; allocation
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お う 1
noun, noun (suffix)
1. king; ruler; sovereign; monarch
2. tycoon; magnate; champion; master
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ぴ っ た り 3
1. tightly; closely  (ぴったし is col.; onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
2. exactly; precisely  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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わ 1
noun
1. ring; circle; loop
2. hoop  (see also: フープ)
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ハ ン バ ー ガ ー 3
noun
hamburger (on a bun)
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と ほ 1
walking; going on foot
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こ く じ ん 0
noun
1. indigenous person; inhabitant of a country
2. local; native  (this meaning is restricted to reading くにびと)
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と う な ん 0
noun
south-east
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ど う じ つ 0
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
the same day
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ろ く じ ゅ う 3
noun
sixty
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え ど 0
noun
Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Edo period (also known as Tokugawa period, from 1603 to 1868); Yedo  (historical term)
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え つ ら ん 0
1. inspection; reading
2. browsing (the WWW, Internet); web browsing  (computer terminology)
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あ た た か い 4
warm; mild; genial  (暖かい, 暖い usu. refer to air temperature)
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お す 2
Most common form: オス
male (animal)  (see also: 雌; often written with kana only)
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1. so; really; seeming
2. appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of  (after masu stem or adj-stem)
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こ せ き 0
noun
1. family register
2. census
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な ら す 0
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to ring; to sound; to chime; to beat; to snort (nose); to snap (fingers)
2. to be popular; to be esteemed; to be reputed
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ね ん 1 ね ん 0
noun
1. sense; idea; thought; feeling  (esp. 〜の念)
2. desire; concern
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じ ん い ん 0
noun
number of persons; personnel
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こ う ぶ つ 1 こ う ぶ つ 0
noun
mineral
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expression
is not; am not; are not  (from ではありません; often written with kana only)
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な ん か 0
going south
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ち ょ う ふ く 0
duplication; repetition; overlapping; redundancy; restoration
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な づ け る 3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to name; to call; to christen; to term
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バ カ 1
noun
1. idiot; moron; fool  (often written with kana only)
2. trivial matter; folly; absurdity  (often written with kana only)
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ほ っ き ょ く 0
1. North Pole
2. the Arctic  (see also: 北極圏; abbreviation)
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ず の う 1
noun
1. head; brains
2. intellect; understanding
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た い い く か ん 4
noun
gymnasium
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り が く 1
noun
1. physical science (e.g. chemistry, biology, etc.)
2. physics
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け ね ん 0 け ね ん 1
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
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き か く 0
noun
standard; norm
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し ょ う ひ ん 0
noun
prize; trophy
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か い た く 0
1. reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; opening up (e.g. new market)
2. pioneering; pathfinding; trail-blazing
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し ょ ち 1
treatment; measure; step
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か こ う 0
downward; descent; fall; drop; subsidence  (opposite: 上昇)
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よ う し 1
noun
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
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そ う び 1
equipment
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ち か う 0 ち か う 2
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
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の う じ ょ う 0 の う じ ょ う 3
noun
farm (agriculture)
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え ん と つ 0
noun
1. chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); stovepipe
2. carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter  (slang)
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で ん え ん 0
1. country; rural districts
2. cultivated land; fields
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け ん じ 1
noun
public prosecutor
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し ゅ う け い 0
totalization; totalisation; aggregation; tally (e.g. votes)
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す ず め 0
noun
1. tree sparrow (Passer montanus)
2. talkative person; knowledgeable person
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れ い ね ん 0
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
1. average (normal, ordinary) year
2. every year; annually  (see also: 毎年)
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に ち べ い 1
noun
Japan-America
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は て る 2
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to end; to be finished; to be exhausted
2. to die; to perish
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ゆ う 1
noun
1. existence
noun, noun (prefix)
2. possession; having
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か し つ 0
noun
1. error; blunder; accident
2. fault; defect
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お ぼ れ る 0
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to drown; to nearly drown; to sink below the surface (of water)  (often written with kana only)
2. to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to wallow in
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お ま わ り さ ん 2
noun
police officer  (see also: 巡査; familiar language; often written with kana only)
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が っ し ゅ く 0
Most common form: がっしゅく
lodging together; training camp; boarding house
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た す け 3
noun
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
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じ ょ げ ん 0
advice; suggestion
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ス タ ジ オ 0
noun
studio
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ざ ん こ く 0
cruelty; harshness
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noun, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
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ま っ さ き 3 ま っ さ き 4
Most common form: まっ先
noun
the head; the foremost; beginning; the very front
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に ゅ う よ く 0
noun
1. bathing
2. to bathe; to take a bath; to enter a bath
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わ が 1
Most common form: 我
my; our; one's own
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は ん ろ ん 0
objection; refutation; rebuttal
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わ ざ と 1
on purpose  (often written with kana only)
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へ い か い 0
closure (of a ceremony, event, meeting, etc.)
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で む か え 0
noun
meeting; reception
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あ た ま 3
noun
1. head
2. hair (on one's head)
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や せ る 0
Most common form: 瘠せる
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to slim
2. to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
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ほ ん ば ん 0
noun
1. performance; take; going before an audience or on-air
2. game; season; crucial moment
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は い す い 0
drainage
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は な つ 2
'tsu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to fire (e.g. an arrow); to hit (e.g. baseball); to break wind
2. to free; to release
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コ ッ ク 1
noun
1. cook; chef  (originally from Dutch 'kok')
2. tap; spigot; faucet; cock
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あ わ て る 0
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic
2. to be in a hurry; to rush  (usu. 慌てて)
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ち ゅ う り つ 0
noun
neutrality
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し ょ く り ょ う 2
noun
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
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よ う り ょ う 3
noun
1. point; gist; essentials; tenets; outline  (see also: 要領を得る)
2. knack; trick; the ropes
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し ん こ く 0
report; statement; filing a return; notification
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せ ん じ ょ う 0
noun
battlefield; battleground
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こ う か い 1
regret; repentance; remorse
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し ほ う 2 し ほ う 1
noun
1. the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; all directions
2. surroundings  (this meaning is restricted to reading しほう, よほう)
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ほ う て い 0
courtroom
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さ ん か ん 0
among the mountains
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て ほ ん 2
noun
1. copybook
2. model; pattern
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き ゅ う 1
noun
1. sphere  (mathematics)
suffix, counter
2. counter for balls  (baseball term)
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か め い 0
participation; affiliation
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べ つ め い 0
noun
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; different name; other name
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て い ぼ う 0
bank; weir; embankment; levee
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と ど う ふ け ん 4 と ど う ふ け ん 5
noun
administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Hokkai-do, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu and remaining prefectures
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し つ ど 2 し つ ど 1
noun
level of humidity
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