The most useful 10,000 words in Japanese

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ま す 2
Most common form: ます
'su' godan verb, intransitive verb, transitive verb
to increase; to grow
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か ん ち ょ う 1 か ん ち ょ う 0
noun
government office; government agency; authorities
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せ い は 1
conquest; domination; mastery
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み ね 0
noun
1. peak; summit; ridge; top
2. back of a blade
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ハ イ キ ン グ 1
hiking
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け い か い 0
1. vigilance; precaution; watch; lookout; alertness
2. to be vigilant; to be cautious; to guard (against)
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だ れ か 1
pronoun
someone; somebody
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い ま 2 い ま 0
noun
living room (Western style)
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う え る 0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to plant; to grow; to raise
2. to insert; to transplant; to implant; to set (type)
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ま さ つ 0
friction; rubbing; rubdown; chafe
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こ の ご ろ 0
Most common form: 此の頃
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
recently; nowadays; these days; now; at present
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し ゅ う で ん 0
noun
last train
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み な み ア フ リ カ 4
noun
South Africa
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こ く は く 0
1. confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment
2. profession of love
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き り 1
Most common form: 限り
noun
1. end; finish; stop
2. bounds; limits  (see also: 切りがない, 切りのない)
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ま め 2
noun
1. legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, such as beans, peas, pulses, etc.); beans; peas
2. soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy  (see also: 大豆)
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い く せ い 0
rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion
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く せ に 2
conjunction, particle
and yet; though; when; in spite of  (often written with kana only)
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expression
that's so, isn't it
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つ ば さ 0
Most common form: つばさ
noun
1. wing
2. Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)  (see also: 二十八宿, 朱雀; astronomy, etc. term; this meaning is restricted to reading よく)
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ご う 1
noun, noun (suffix)
1. number; edition; make; model; issue; part of that group
2. sobriquet; pen-name
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い ら っ し ゃ い 3
interjection (kandoushi), noun
1. come; go; stay  (see also: いらっしゃる; used as a polite imperative; honorific)
2. welcome!  (see also: いらっしゃいませ)
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せ い ね ん が っ ぴ 5
noun
birth date; date of birth; DOB
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つ う よ う 0
1. popular use; circulation
2. to pass as
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む す う 2 む す う 0
countless number; infinite number; innumerable
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ち る 2
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves)
2. to scatter; to be dispersed
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あ お ぞ ら 3
noun
blue sky
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ど う じ ょ う 1 ど う じ ょ う 0
noun
1. dojo (hall used for martial arts training)
2. manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)  (see also: 菩提道場; Buddhist term; abbreviation)
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と お す 1
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to stick through; to force through
2. to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse
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に ん か 1 に ん か 0
approval; license; licence; permission
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め い よ 1
honor; honour; credit; prestige
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え ら い 2
1. great; excellent; admirable; remarkable; distinguished; important; celebrated; famous; eminent
2. awful; terrible  (often written with kana only)
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か く う 0
1. aerial; overhead
2. fiction; fictitious; imaginary; fanciful
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し る す 2 し る す 0
1. to write down; to note; to jot down  (see also: 記する)
2. to remember  (usu. as 心に記す, etc.)
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ジ ャ ム 1
noun
jam
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か ん て ん 1 か ん て ん 3
noun
point of view
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ぶ ん れ つ 0
split; division; break up
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た て る 2
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to build; to construct
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ひ が え り 0 ひ が え り 4
Most common form: ひがえり
day trip
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し ゅ う よ う 0
1. accommodation; reception; housing
2. seating
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ぶ ん か つ 0
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
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き ょ う と 1
noun
Kyoto
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い ち に ち 4
noun
1. one day
2. first day of the month  (see also: ついたち)
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か ね 0
Most common form: かね
noun
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime  (see also: 鉦)
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け ん ぜ ん 0
health; soundness; wholesome
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お く 1
Most common form: おく
numeric
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
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び よ う 0
beauty of figure or form
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う ん ゆ 1
noun
transportation
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ぼ う せ き 0
spinning
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よ き ん 0
deposit; bank account
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ぞ う せ ん 0
shipbuilding
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お れ い 0
noun
1. thanks; gratitude  (polite (teineigo) language)
2. manners; etiquette  (polite (teineigo) language)
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こ う げ い 0
industrial arts; craft
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あ ん さ つ 0
assassination
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ぶ っ き ょ う 1 ぶ っ き ょ う 3
Most common form: 佛教
noun
Buddhism
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こ う い 1
noun
good will; favor; favour; courtesy
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ペ キ ン 1
noun
Beijing; Peking
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り ょ う が え 0
change; money exchange
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ぶ ん さ ん 0
1. dispersion; breakup; scattering; decentralization; decentralisation; distribution
2. variance  (mathematics)
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こ お り 1
noun
1. ice
2. shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)  (see also: かき氷)
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な だ か い 3
famous; celebrated; well-known
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し り つ 0
municipal; city  (see also: 私立; いちりつ spoken to avoid confusion with 私立)
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し ゅ う て ん 0
noun
terminus; last stop (e.g. train)
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か ね る 2
Most common form: かねる
suffix, ichidan verb
1. to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do  (see also: 兼ねない; often written with kana only)
ichidan verb, transitive verb
2. to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features
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お ど ろ く 3
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
to be surprised; to be astonished
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の ぞ み 0
Most common form: のぞみ
noun
1. wish; desire; hope
2. prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
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タ レ ン ト 0 タ レ ン ト 1
noun
1. star (esp. television); personality  (originally from eng 'talent')
2. talent; skill
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ひ と り ぐ ら し 4
noun
a single life; a solitary life; living alone
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け ん き ゅ う し つ 3
noun
1. laboratory
2. seminar room
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き ゅ う よ 1
pay; salary; wages; allowance; grant; supply
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そ せ ん 1
noun
ancestor
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ゆ う ひ 0
noun
evening sun; setting sun  (see also: 朝日)
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き ゃ く せ き 0
noun
1. guest seating (e.g. theater, stadium); passenger seat (e.g. taxi)
2. audience
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forties (age)
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が く 0 が く 2
noun, noun (suffix)
1. picture (framed)
2. amount or sum (of money)
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じ ょ う え い 0
noun
1. screening (a movie); showing
2. to screen a movie
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な か 1
Most common form: なか
noun
relation; relationship
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お は よ う 0
interjection (kandoushi)
good morning  (see also: お早うございます, 早い; from お早く, may be used colloquially at any time of day; often written with kana only; abbreviation)
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み ま い 0
1. visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters  (see also: お見舞い, 見舞い客)
noun
2. get-well gifts; get-well letters  (see also: 見舞い品)
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ま く 2
noun
1. curtain; bunting
noun, counter
2. act (in play)
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つ か い 0
noun
1. errand; mission; going as envoy  (see also: 使いにやる)
2. messenger; bearer; errand boy; errand girl
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ち ょ う て ん 1
1. top; summit
noun
2. vertex  (mathematics)
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そ っ く り 3
1. all; altogether; entirely; completely  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
2. exactly like; just like  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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ち ょ う だ い 0
very long; great length
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こ む ぎ 0 こ む ぎ 2
noun
wheat
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す ぎ 0
Most common form: スギ
noun
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
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ど う め い 0
alliance; union; league
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む ち ゅ う 0
1. absorbed in; immersed in; crazy about; obsessed with; devoted to
2. forgetting oneself; daze; trance; ecstasy; delirium
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せ い き 1
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
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が い か ん 0
appearance; exterior; facade
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そ う ど う 1
1. strife; riot; rebellion; turmoil
2. (media) uproar; brouhaha; (public) outcry; scandal; controversy
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ま ん て ん 3
1. perfect score; full marks
2. extremely; very; quite
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お ど る 0
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)  (see also: 舞う, 躍る)
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こ う ざ ん 1
high mountain; alpine
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い こ う 0
switching over to; migration; transition
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ふ よ う 0
unnecessary; unneeded  (see also: 不用)
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は い き 0
exhaust; ventilation  (opposite: 吸気)
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つ ぐ 0
'gu' godan verb, transitive verb
to succeed (someone in a business or inheritance)
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か れ ら 1
they (usually male); them
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け い は ん 1 け い は ん 0
noun
Kyoto-Osaka
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