The most useful 10,000 words in Japanese

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Usefulness Level 4 Vocab 1701-1800

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こ と が ら 0 こ と が ら 4
Most common form: 事がら
noun
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
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か ぎ り 1 か ぎ り 3
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
1. limit; limits; bounds
2. degree; extent; scope
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い し ょ く 0
transplanting; porting; implantation; engrafting  (see also: 植え替える)
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ば ん ち 0
noun
house number; address
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つ な み 0
noun
tsunami; tidal wave
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rather; sooner; preferably  (see also: いっそ; often written with kana only)
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だ が 1
Most common form: ですが
conjunction
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
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し ょ ざ い 0
whereabouts
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れ ん め い 0
Most common form: 聯盟
league; federation; union; alliance
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こ た い 0
solid (body); solid matter; solid-state
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と び こ む 3
Most common form: とび込む
'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to dive
2. to burst in; to barge in
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ふ と 0 ふ と 1
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally  (often written with kana only)
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た ん け ん 0
exploration; expedition
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こ 1
1. counter for articles
2. counter for military units  (usu. 個)
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い っ し ゅ う か ん 3
noun
one week
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の う ど 1
noun
1. concentration; thickness; density  (chemistry term)
2. cardinality  (mathematics)
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く う そ う 0
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
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さ ん み ゃ く 0
noun
mountain range
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く や く し ょ 2
noun
ward office; council (regional)
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お ろ か 1
foolish; stupid
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き し つ 0
Most common form: 形気
noun, noun (suffix)
spirit; character; trait; temperament; turn of mind; disposition  (かたぎ is esp. as a suffix)
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と め る 0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to stop; to turn off  (esp. 止める, 停める)
2. to park  (esp. 止める, 停める)
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し お か ら い 4
salty (taste); briny
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に か い だ て 0
noun
two-storied building
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noun (prefix)
1. the last (i.e. immediately preceding) (e.g. "the last mayor"); previous; one-time; former
2. pre- (e.g. "premodern")  (before the name of an era)
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き ょ じ ん 0
noun
1. giant; great man
2. Tokyo Giants (baseball team)  (abbreviation)
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こ ん ご う 0
1. mixing; mixture; meld
2. miscegenation
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ご み 0
Most common form: ゴミ
noun
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse  (often written with kana only)
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し ょ う す る 3 し ょ う す る 2
suru verb - special class, transitive verb
1. to take the name of; to call oneself
2. to pretend; to feign; to purport
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せ ん こ う 0
selection; screening
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ど く さ い 0
dictatorship; despotism
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し は ん 0
1. selling on the market (in the marketplace, in stores, etc.); making something commercially available
2. commercial (e.g. software); over-the-counter; off-the-shelf; store-bought
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と げ る 0 と げ る 2
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out
2. to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
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こ う し 1
public and private; official and personal; government and people
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き ん ぎ ょ 1
noun
goldfish
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と う そ う 0
flight; desertion; escape
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し ょ う こ く 0
noun
small country
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い ち だ い 0
noun
one large ...; a great ...
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て っ ぱ ん 0
noun
1. iron plate
2. sure thing  (slang)
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そ う 1
Most common form: そう
1. to run along; to run beside
2. to follow (a plan, etc.); to act in accordance with  (see also: 添う)
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も た ら す 3 も た ら す 0
to bring; to take; to bring about  (often written with kana only)
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に ん い 1 に ん い 0
1. optional; voluntary; arbitrary; random; discretionary; facultative; spontaneous; any
2. arbitrary  (mathematics)
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が く め い 0
noun
technical name (often the internationally accepted Latin, scientific, or Linnaean name of plants and animals)
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じ ゅ ん さ 1 じ ゅ ん さ 0
noun
police officer; policeman; constable
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よ う じ ん 1
care; precaution; guarding; caution
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わ へ い 1
peace
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ち ょ う は つ 0
provocation; stirring up; arousal
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ぞ う 1
noun, noun (suffix)
1. image; figure; statue; picture; portrait
2. figure; form; shape; appearance
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ほ ん か ん 0
noun
main building
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あ た い 0
Most common form: 直
1. price; cost
2. value; worth; merit
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へ ん か ん 0
change; conversion; transformation; translation
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な ぜ な ら 1
conjunction
because; the reason is; if you want to know why  (often written with kana only)
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は ぐ る ま 2
noun
gear; cog-wheel
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せ ん か い 0
revolution; rotation; turning; swiveling; circling
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ま さ か 1
interjection (kandoushi)
1. by no means; never!; well, I never!; you don't say!; certainly (not)  (often written with kana only)
2. something unexpected; emergency  (see also: まさかの時; often written with kana only)
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か び ん 2 か び ん 0
noun
(flower) vase
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ほ す 1
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to air; to dry; to desiccate
2. to drain (off)
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は く ち ょ う 0
noun
1. swan (Cygnus spp.)
2. white-feathered bird
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つ と め 3
Most common form: 務め
noun
1. service; duty; business; responsibility; task
2. Buddhist religious services
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り ゅ う い き 0
noun
(river) basin
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い き も の 3 い き も の 2
noun
living thing; animal
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や ば い 2
1. dangerous; risky  (colloquialism)
2. awful; terrible; crap  (slang)
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と っ け ん 0
privilege; special right
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け ん し ょ う 0
honouring (publicly); honoring; making someone's good deeds or achievements well-known
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は あ く 0
grasp; catch; understanding
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ね ん し ょ う 0
burning; combustion
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で ん き ゅ う 0
noun
light bulb  (see also: 白熱電球)
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ふ う ぞ く 1
noun
1. manners; customs
2. sex service; sex industry; sex-oriented entertainment
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そ れ ぞ れ 2 そ れ ぞ れ 3
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), 'no' adjective
each; respectively  (often written with kana only)
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つ れ 0
companion; company
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ぞ ん じ る 3 ぞ ん じ る 0
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.  (see also: ご存じ; humble)
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じ げ ん 0 じ げ ん 1
noun
1. dimension
2. perspective; point of reference; level (of something)  (see also: 三次元)
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ぼ こ く 1
one's homeland
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と う せ い 0
regulation; control
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て つ や 0
all night; all-night vigil; sleepless night
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す ぐ 1
1. immediately; at once; directly  (often written with kana only)
2. soon; before long; shortly
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じ ゅ し ん 0
reception (e.g. radio); receipt (e.g. email message)  (see also: 送信)
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か っ き 0
noun
energy; liveliness
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ち ち 2 ち ち 1
noun
1. milk
2. breast
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き ま り 0
1. rule; regulation
2. settlement; conclusion; end; agreement; arrangement
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し さ 1
suggestion; hint; implication
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い た す 2
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
to do  (humble; often written with kana only)
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お お く 1
many; much; largely; abundantly; mostly
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じ 1
noun
1. character (i.e. kanji)
2. hand-writing; penmanship
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つ い て る 1
expression, ichidan verb
1. to be lucky; to be in luck  (see also: 付く; often written with kana only)
2. to be attached; to have; to be included; to come with; to contain; to be in a state  (see also: 付く; often written with kana only)
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み ん ぽ う 1
noun
civil law; civil code
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わ か い 0
1. reconciliation; amicable settlement; accommodation; compromise; mediation; rapprochement
2. court-mediated settlement  (law, etc. term; this meaning is restricted to reading わかい)
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か か り 1
Most common form: かかり
noun
1. charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk  (see also: 掛かり; esp. 係)
2. connection; linking  (see also: 係り結び; esp. 係り; linguistics terminology)
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は い ぼ く 0
noun
1. defeat
'suru' verb, intransitive verb
2. to be defeated
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か せ い 0
Mars (planet)
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と む 1
'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to be rich; to become rich; to be abundant (with); to abound (with); to be rich (in)
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け い し ゃ 0
inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip; tilt; lean
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ぎ ゃ く て ん 0
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
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こ え 2
noun
manure; night soil; dung; fertiliser; fertilizer
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か し こ い 3
wise; clever; smart
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ほ う て き 0
legal
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り せ い 1
noun
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
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め し た 0 め し た 3
noun
subordinate; subordinates; inferior; inferiors; junior  (see also: 目上, 部下)
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い え で 0
running away from home; leaving home
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と う ふ 3
noun
tofu; bean-curd
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